skarn

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (skarn, filth), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną. Doublet of sharn.

Noun[edit]

skarn (plural skarns)

  1. (geology) Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (skarn, filth), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną.

Noun[edit]

skarn n (genitive singular skarns, uncountable)

  1. (medicine) stool, feces

Declension[edit]

Declension of skarn (singular only)
n5s singular
indefinite definite
nominative skarn skarnið
accusative skarn skarnið
dative skarni skarninum
genitive skarns skarnsins

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Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (skarn, filth), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną.

Noun[edit]

skarn

  1. skarn
  2. rubbish, loss