orn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "orn"

English

Etymology 1

From Old French orner, from Latin ornō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔː(ɹ)n/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Verb

orn (third-person singular simple present orns, present participle orning, simple past and past participle orned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.
    • 1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete [] :
      God stered vp prophetes and orned his chirche with great glory.

References

Etymology 2

Noun

orn (plural orns)

  1. Abbreviation of orange.

Adjective

orn (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of orange.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

orn

  1. alternative form of horn

Old English

Verb

orn

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of irnan