stearn

See also: Stearn

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German stören, from Old High German stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan. Cognates include German stören and Dutch storen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃd̥e̞ɐ̯n/
• Hyphenation: stearn

Verb

stearn (past participle gsteart)

1. to disturb, to interfere, to bother

Conjugation

Conjugation of stearn

infinitive	stearn
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	stear	-	stearad
2nd person sing.	stearst	-	stearadst
3rd person sing.	steart	-	stearad
1st person plur.	stearn	-	stearadn
2nd person plur.	stearts	-	stearats
3rd person plur.	stearn	-	stearadn
imperative sing.	stear
imperative plur.	stearts
past participle	gsteart

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *staraz, compare the modern starling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæ͜ɑrn/, [stæ͜ɑrˠn]

Noun

stearn m

1. a kind of bird

Usage notes

The identity of the stearn is not clear in the Old English corpus, although Bosworth-Toller notes that descendants in various British dialects refer to the starling, common tern, and sea tern, so the stearn may have referred to one of these animals.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stearn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.