starn
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n
Etymology 1
From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.
Noun
starn (plural starns)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A star.
References
Etymology 2
From Old English stearn.
Noun
starn (plural starns)
References
- “starn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
starn
- (chiefly Northern) alternative form of sterne
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English steorrne, sterrne, sterne, starne, from Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
Noun
starn (plural starns)
Welsh
Alternative forms
ystarn, stern, ystern
Etymology
Borrowed from English stern.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /darn/
- Rhymes: -arn
Noun
starn f or m (plural starnau, not mutable)
Synonyms
- llywle
- pŵp