From Middle High German stören, from Old High German stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan. Cognates include German stören and Dutch storen.
stearn (past participle gsteart)
| 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 | ||
From Proto-Germanic *staraz, compare the modern starling.[1]
stearn m
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.