sorn

See also SORN, and sòrn

English

Etymology

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Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

1. (transitive, dated) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

   The traveler sorned his less than willing hosts.

Anagrams

• NORs

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive soirn, nominative plural soirn)

1. stove, range

Declension

Declension of sorn

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sorn soirn Vocative a shoirn a shorna Genitive soirn sorn Dative sorn soirn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sorn na soirn Genitive an tsoirn na sorn Dative leis an sorn don sorn leis na soirn

Related terms

• oigheann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sorn	shorn after "an", tsorn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m

1. range, fireplace under boiler

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sorn	horn after "yn", torn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m

1. furnace, oven, kiln

Descendants

• Irish: sorn
• Manx: sorn
• Scottish Gaelic: sòrn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sorn	ṡorn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.