stearn
See also: Stearn
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German stören, from Old High German stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan. Cognates include German stören and Dutch storen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stearn (past participle gsteart)
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stearn m
- a kind of bird
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stearn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.