scharn

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċearn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃarn/, /ˈʃɛrn/, /ˈʃɛːrn/

Noun

scharn (uncountable)

  1. Animal feces used as fertiliser; manure or sharn.
Descendants
  • English: sharn
  • Scots: shairn, sharn
References

Etymology 2

Noun

scharn

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of scorn