A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝernit,) Yearned, ppl. adj. [Ȝern v.] Curdled. —1635 Dickson Wr. 33.
[Job] compares the work of his conception in his mother's womb to the making of cheese of yearned milk
