3. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. Shak.
Year"ly, adv. [AS. geárlice.] Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.
Yearly will I do this rite.
Shak.
Yearn (yrn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." Shak.
It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
Shak.
Yearn, v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] "Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore." Shak.