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starn

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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starn (plural starns)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A star.
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Etymology 2

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From Old English stearn.

Noun

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starn (plural starns)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The European starling.

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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starn

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sterne

Scots

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Etymology

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

Noun

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starn (plural starns)

  1. star

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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ystarn, stern, ystern

Etymology

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Borrowed from English stern.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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starn f or m (plural starnau, not mutable)

  1. (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship)
  2. (figurative) rear
    Synonym: pen-ôl

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of starn
radical soft nasal aspirate
starn unchanged unchanged unchanged

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “starn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies