Gyrnan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gyrnan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
girnan;
- gyrnan
- p. de To desire, beg, yearn :-- Ic ne me micles gyrne I do not desire much for myself, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 20; Gú. 291, Glædmód gyrneþ ðæt he gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme joyous is eager to perform very many good deeds, 62 b; Th. 229, 28; Ph. 492. Ðæt mǽden hire deáþes girnde the maiden desired to die, Apol. Th. 2, 24: 3, 8. Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne vos nolite vocari Rabbi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 8. Gyrnende orontes, Mk. Skt. 11, 24. [Laym. ȝeornen, ȝernen, ȝirnen: Orm. ȝeornenn, ȝeonenn: Piers P. ȝerne: Goth. gairnjan: O. Sax. girnean, gernean: Icel. girna.]