airn

English edit

Verb edit

airn (third-person singular simple present airns, present participle airning, simple past and past participle airned or airnt)

(UK, dialect) To earn.

Related terms edit

airnings

Scots edit

Alternative forms edit

ern
irne

Etymology edit

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛrn/

Noun edit

airn (plural airns)

iron

Verb edit

airn (third-person singular simple present airns, present participle airnin, simple past airned, past participle airned)

to smooth or dress with an iron

References edit

“airn, n & v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.