morn

English

Etymology

From Middle English mōrn, morwen, from Old English morġen, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz (compare West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon), from pre-Germanic *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (compare Welsh bore ‘morning’, Lithuanian mérkti ‘to blink, twinkle’, Skt márīcih ‘ray of light’), from *mer- ‘to shimmer, glisten’ (compare Greek μέρα (méra) ‘morning’). See also morrow, morning.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Noun

morn (plural morns)

1. (now poetic) Morning.
   • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, lines 165-168,

     But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight

Related terms

• morning
• morrow

Anagrams

• norm, Norm

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔɳ/, X-SAMPA: /mOn`/
• Rhymes: -ɔɳ

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgen

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Scots

Etymology

Old English morgen.

Noun

morn (plural morns)

1. morning
2. (definite singular) tomorrow

   A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

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Swedish

Interjection

morn

1. Colloquial variant of god morgon