scharn

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Middle English

Alternative forms

sherne, scherne, scherren

Etymology

From Old English sċearn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃarn/, /ˈʃɛrn/

Noun

scharn (uncountable)

Animal feces used as fertiliser; manure or sharn.

Descendants

English: sharn
Scots: shairn, sharn

References

“sharn (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

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