Obs. Forms: 1 ȝyrran, 3 yeorre, ȝure (pa. t. pl. ȝurren), 4–5 ȝere. [OE. *ʓierran, ʓyrran str. vb., f. echoic stem gar-: cf. GARRE, VAR(R, etc.] intr. To make a harsh noise, creak, roar, rattle; to cry out loudly, yell, howl.
a. 1000. Andreas, 374. Strengas ʓurron.
a. 1100. in Napier, O. E. Glosses (1900), 194/13. Garrio, ic [sc. a file] ʓyrre.
c. 1205. Lay., 28358. Ȝurren þa stanes Mid þan blod-stremes.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 2041. Þer me mahte iheren Þe heaðene hundes ȝellen & ȝeien & ȝuren.
a. 1225. Juliana (Royal MS.), 50. Monie weren awundret hwet te ȝuring mahte beon.
c. 1275. Sinners Beware, 325, in O. E. Misc., 83. He yeorreþ & heo gredeþ, Þe feondes heom forþ ledeþ.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 4745. Vmquile he noys as a nowte as a nox quen he lawes, Ȝarmand & ȝerand a ȝoten him semed.
