Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
So now lend me thy yearnful tunes to utter my sorrow.
From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -ful.
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