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

Noun

starn (plural starns)

1. (UK, dialect) The European starling.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “starn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

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