starn
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
NounEdit
starn (plural starns)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A star.
ReferencesEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
starn (plural starns)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “starn” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
starn
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sterne
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English steorrne, sterrne, sterne, starne, from Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
NounEdit
starn (plural starns)