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English
Pronunciation
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)
- (UK, obsolete) The European starling.
References
Anagrams
- trnas, rants, trans, Trans, trans-, snart, tRNAs, Ranst, trans., trans*, ranst, tarns
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)
- star
Welsh
ystarn, stern, ystern
Etymology
Borrowed from English stern.
Pronunciation
Noun
starn f or m (plural starnau, not mutable)
- (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship)
- (figurative) rear
- Synonym: pen-ôl
Synonyms
Mutation
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “starn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies