Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (source also of Gothic gairnjan [..]

hanker: desire strongly or persistently ache: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover&a [..]

 to grieve, vex.

To feel in a dream that you are yearning for the presence of anyone, denotes that you will soon hear comforting tidings from your absent friends. For a young woman to think her lover is yearning for her, she will have the pleasure of soon hearing some one making a long-wished-for proposal. If she lets him know that she is yearning for him, she will [..]

(v) desire strongly or persistently(v) have a desire for something or someone who is not present(v) have affection for; feel tenderness for

to grieve, vex YELLOWNESS:   jealousy

(intransitive,construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something). * All I yearn for is a simple life. (intransitive,construed with for) To long for something in the past with melan [..]

A feeling of sexual longing, usually for a specific person.