airn

English

Verb

airn (third-person singular simple present airns, present participle airning, simple past and past participle airned or airnt)

1. (UK, dialect) To earn.

Related terms

• airnings

Scots

Alternative forms

• ern
• irne

Etymology

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrn/

Noun

airn (plural airns)

1. iron

Verb

airn (third-person singular simple present airns, present participle airnin, simple past airned, past participle airned)

1. to smooth or dress with an iron

References

• “airn, n & v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.