stearn
See also: Stearn
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German stören, from Old High German stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan. Cognates include German stören and Dutch storen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥e̞ɐ̯n/
- Hyphenation: stearn
Conjugation
Conjugation of stearn
| infinitive | stearn | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
| 1st person sing. | stear | - | stearad |
| 2nd person sing. | stearst | - | stearadst |
| 3rd person sing. | steart | - | stearad |
| 1st person plur. | stearn | - | stearadn |
| 2nd person plur. | stearts | - | stearats |
| 3rd person plur. | stearn | - | stearadn |
| imperative sing. | stear | ||
| imperative plur. | stearts | ||
| past participle | gsteart | ||
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stæ͜ɑrn/, [stæ͜ɑrˠn]
Noun
stearn m
- a kind of bird
Usage notes
The identity of the stearn is not clear in the Old English corpus, although Bosworth-Toller notes that descendants in various British dialects refer to the starling, common tern, and sea tern, so the stearn may have referred to one of these animals.
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stearn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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