starn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

Etymology 1

From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.

Noun

starn (plural starns)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A star.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

From Old English stearn.

Noun

starn (plural starns)

1. (UK, obsolete) The European starling.

References

• “starn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• trnas, rants, trans, Trans, trans-, snart, tRNAs, Ranst, trans., trans*, ranst, tarns

Middle English

Noun

starn

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sterne

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English steorrne, sterrne, sterne, starne, from Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Noun

starn (plural starns)

1. star

Welsh

Alternative forms

ystarn, stern, ystern

Etymology

Borrowed from English stern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darn/
• Rhymes: -arn

Noun

starn f or m (plural starnau, not mutable)

1. (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship)
2. (figurative) rear

   Synonym: pen-ôl

Synonyms

• llywle
• pŵp

Mutation

Mutated forms of starn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
starn	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged