scharn

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• scherne, scherren, sherne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃarn/, /ˈʃɛrn/, /ˈʃɛːrn/

Noun

scharn (uncountable)

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

Descendants

• English: sharn
• Scots: shairn, sharn

References

• “sharn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 November 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

scharn

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of scorn