schern

Middle English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sċearn, from Proto-West Germanic *skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛːrn/
  • IPA(key): /ʃaːrn/ (especially Northern)

Noun

schern (uncountable)

  1. Animal feces used as fertiliser; manure or dung.

Descendants

  • English: sharn, shairn, shearn, shern (dialectal)
  • Middle Scots: schairne

References

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