Eagerness, diligence. Cf. yern, adj. 1a.

(a) greediness; gluttony; covetousness; (b) eagerness, impetuosity.

The quality or state of being fain; eagerness, gladness.

Keenness of appetite or desire; impatient haste to do or obtain something; enthusiasm. With for (also †of) the thing desired, or followed by…

humorously misused.

Impetuosity, eagerness. Obsolete.

Strong desire, eagerness (to do something, or for something to happen).