starnn.

Brit.

/stɑːn/, U.S.

/stɑrn/, Scottish English

/starn/

Forms:

α. early Middle English steorrne ( Ormulum), early Middle English sterrne ( Ormulum), Middle English sterne (chiefly northern and north midlands), Middle English (northern) 2000s– (archaic) stern, late Middle English stearne (north-west midlands, in a late copy); Scottish pre-1700 sterne (collective plural), pre-1700 1800s sterne, pre-1700 1800s– stern.

β. Chiefly northern Middle English starn, Middle English–1500s starne; English regional (northern) 1800s starne, 1800s– starn; Scottish pre-1700 starin, pre-1700 starne, pre-1700 1700s– starn, 1800s stairn, 1800s starrin (Shetland), 1800s– staarn (Shetland).

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic stjarna : see star n.¹).For discussion of an Old English gloss which has been taken to imply earlier currency in English see starned adj. The source of quot. 1422 for starn-chamber n. was apparently written at Windsor or Westminster (i.e. not in the north); however, the document records arrangements overseen by Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham (and Chancellor of England), a native of Lancashire.

1. Now chiefly Scottish.

a. A star (star n.¹ 1a). Occasionally also: a planet, or other celestial object (cf. star n.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > [noun]

stareOE

starnc1175

lamp1423

aster1603

spangle1605

fires of heaven1609

asterism1657

sunleta1854

α.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7112 New sterrne & all unncuþ wass wrohht.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1809 Was non of hem þat his hernes Ne lay þer-ute ageyn þe sternes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 375 Þe firmament..wit sterns, gret and smale.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8916 Als he was dede, ros a sterne..comete is cald in astronomye.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 Ryght as the stern of day begouth to schyne.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 42 The spere & hauyn of Venus..is ane grit sterne of ane meruelous lustir.

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C1 Strange tailed sterns appeiris.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 119 There's a heaven aboon us a',..and a bonny moon, and sterns in it forby.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 42 The sterns are blindet wi' the licht.

1983 Chapman 37 46 The sneep o yer rauchan leems ablow the sterns—‘White-fish-in-the-net’.

2012 J. Purves in Lallans 81 53 The sterns skinkilt clear abuin the wuid.

β. a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) i. l. 36 Appolony..come to bragmans, þat hyarch, syttand in þe golden trone,..techyng..of starnes [altered to sternes]: he myȝte heren.c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 167 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 309 Sancte martyne,..þat as a starne clerly schane.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 161 To wyt what this starne may mene.1581 J. Derricke Submission O'Neale in Image Irel. sig. Ki^v A passyng starne, to guide mans Shipp aright.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 The Pleiades called the 7 starnis.1603 tr. G. de Nautonier Mecographie of Loadstone sig. ¶¶3 Bot thay sie nener [sic] the starnis of ye pol artick.1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iii Kiss, kiss! we'll kiss the sun and starns away.1790 R. Burns in Edinb. Mag. Aug. 143/2 Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns.1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan (1841) 185 No a starn was to be seen i' the lift.1886 ‘G. Temple’ Britta 159 Scarcely has the ‘Yule’ or ‘red starn’ reached its zenith.1919 G. Rae Clyde & Tweed 57 When the lichted starns are gleamin'.1976 R. Bulter Shaela 16 Noo da bright, silent starns dir vigil ir keepin.2013 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 13 The neist he's up amang the starns.

b. In various other uses of star n.¹

ΚΠ

c1400 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Harl. 490) (1929) 284 Vache ou veel l'oreille Chival veron al front paille [glossed] sternys [a1400 Paris sterrid].

c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 205 Item thre gret sternis of brace for the kyrk.

1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 176 Rede cape with starnes of gold.

a1550 Ave Gloriosa in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 42 Haill, brichtest sterne, Haill, licht lucern.

c1570 G. Conyers Will in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 355/1 A blacke stagge with a starne in his forehead.

1621 R. Kerr & W. Kerr Ancram & Lothian Corr. (1875) I. 22 I will nocht be subject to greate discontentement, and be this starne, I intend to hald out the reste off my voyage or nauigatioun.

c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's Distemper (1844) 85 Which, if it ware not preuented, might pull them doune from the starne.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 64 Duke Puerile thinks it nae disgrace, For a' his gartens, starns, an' lace.

1814 W. Nicholson Tales in Verse 145 The lairdy langs for titles braw, For ribbons an' for starns.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. viii. 270 I thought they beauties starns weren't flemishing for nowt.

1991 J. K. Annand in T. Hubbard New Makars 20 Aneath a hap o snaw it [sc. purple saxifrage] derns Deep in a dwam for maist the year To burst throu in a bleeze o starns.

2004 S. Blackhall Katy Crocodile 2 I'm a firewirk fu o starns.

2. Scottish and English regional (northern). A small amount of something; a grain, particle; a pinch; a portion. Cf. starnie n. 2. Now rare.Also with noun complement without of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 379/2 (gloss.) Starn, a small Moiety.

1801 W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings 38 We hae scarce ae starn O' fardel strae laid by 'gain Yeel.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (ed. 2) xxxviii. 217 Pit in just a jimp full o' the timmer ladle o' yesterday's mornin's milk an' a starn meal.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Starn, a particle, a very little quantity.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 290/2 Starn, bit, portion; helping; mouthful, some.

Compounds

† starn-chamber n. Obsolete rare = Star Chamber n. 1.

ΚΠ

1422 Close Roll, 1 Henry VI (P.R.O.: C 54/273) m. 21^v In quadam camera vocata le Sternechamere infra palacium domini Regis Westm.

† starn leam n. Obsolete starlight (figurative in quot.).

ΚΠ

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7276 Forr crist sellf iss þatt sterrne lem Þatt all mann kinn birrþ follȝhenn.

† starn-shot n. Obsolete a shooting star; cf. star shot n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun]

drakec1275

dragon1398

falling stara1475

starn-shot1513

dancing-goats1563

firedrake1563

meteor1594

shooting star1597

goat1614

shooter1633

shot star1633

phasm1656

snow-fire1771

meteorite1823

asteroid1830

cometoid1861

exhalation1871

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ix. 69 As dois oft sterne schot falling fra the hevin Drawand thairefter a taile of fyrie levin.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake 75 Than sousit dounright like the stern-shot light.

starn-slime n. rare (now archaic) = star slime n. at star n.¹ Compounds 7b(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc > individual plant of

starn-slime?c1475

jellya1642

fallen star1707

nostoc1852

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 120^v (MED) Sterne slyme, assub.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 335 He looked into the twilight-sparkling stern-slime, which some believed to be the lees of the stars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	starn
释义	starnn. Brit. /stɑːn/, U.S. /stɑrn/, Scottish English /starn/ Forms: α. early Middle English steorrne ( Ormulum), early Middle English sterrne ( Ormulum), Middle English sterne (chiefly northern and north midlands), Middle English (northern) 2000s– (archaic) stern, late Middle English stearne (north-west midlands, in a late copy); Scottish pre-1700 sterne (collective plural), pre-1700 1800s sterne, pre-1700 1800s– stern. β. Chiefly northern Middle English starn, Middle English–1500s starne; English regional (northern) 1800s starne, 1800s– starn; Scottish pre-1700 starin, pre-1700 starne, pre-1700 1700s– starn, 1800s stairn, 1800s starrin (Shetland), 1800s– staarn (Shetland). Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic stjarna : see star n.¹).For discussion of an Old English gloss which has been taken to imply earlier currency in English see starned adj. The source of quot. 1422 for starn-chamber n. was apparently written at Windsor or Westminster (i.e. not in the north); however, the document records arrangements overseen by Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham (and Chancellor of England), a native of Lancashire. 1. Now chiefly Scottish. a. A star (star n.¹ 1a). Occasionally also: a planet, or other celestial object (cf. star n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > [noun] stareOE starnc1175 lamp1423 aster1603 spangle1605 fires of heaven1609 asterism1657 sunleta1854 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7112 New sterrne & all unncuþ wass wrohht. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1809 Was non of hem þat his hernes Ne lay þer-ute ageyn þe sternes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 375 Þe firmament..wit sterns, gret and smale. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8916 Als he was dede, ros a sterne..comete is cald in astronomye. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 Ryght as the stern of day begouth to schyne. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 42 The spere & hauyn of Venus..is ane grit sterne of ane meruelous lustir. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C1 Strange tailed sterns appeiris. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 119 There's a heaven aboon us a',..and a bonny moon, and sterns in it forby. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 42 The sterns are blindet wi' the licht. 1983 Chapman 37 46 The sneep o yer rauchan leems ablow the sterns—‘White-fish-in-the-net’. 2012 J. Purves in Lallans 81 53 The sterns skinkilt clear abuin the wuid. β. a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) i. l. 36 Appolony..come to bragmans, þat hyarch, syttand in þe golden trone,..techyng..of starnes [altered to sternes]: he myȝte heren.c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 167 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 309 Sancte martyne,..þat as a starne clerly schane.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 161 To wyt what this starne may mene.1581 J. Derricke Submission O'Neale in Image Irel. sig. Ki^v A passyng starne, to guide mans Shipp aright.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 The Pleiades called the 7 starnis.1603 tr. G. de Nautonier Mecographie of Loadstone sig. ¶¶3 Bot thay sie nener [sic] the starnis of ye pol artick.1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iii Kiss, kiss! we'll kiss the sun and starns away.1790 R. Burns in Edinb. Mag. Aug. 143/2 Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns.1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan (1841) 185 No a starn was to be seen i' the lift.1886 ‘G. Temple’ Britta 159 Scarcely has the ‘Yule’ or ‘red starn’ reached its zenith.1919 G. Rae Clyde & Tweed 57 When the lichted starns are gleamin'.1976 R. Bulter Shaela 16 Noo da bright, silent starns dir vigil ir keepin.2013 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 13 The neist he's up amang the starns. b. In various other uses of star n.¹ ΚΠ c1400 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Harl. 490) (1929) 284 Vache ou veel l'oreille Chival veron al front paille [glossed] sternys [a1400 Paris sterrid]. c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 205 Item thre gret sternis of brace for the kyrk. 1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 176 Rede cape with starnes of gold. a1550 Ave Gloriosa in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 42 Haill, brichtest sterne, Haill, licht lucern. c1570 G. Conyers Will in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 355/1 A blacke stagge with a starne in his forehead. 1621 R. Kerr & W. Kerr Ancram & Lothian Corr. (1875) I. 22 I will nocht be subject to greate discontentement, and be this starne, I intend to hald out the reste off my voyage or nauigatioun. c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's Distemper (1844) 85 Which, if it ware not preuented, might pull them doune from the starne. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 64 Duke Puerile thinks it nae disgrace, For a' his gartens, starns, an' lace. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales in Verse 145 The lairdy langs for titles braw, For ribbons an' for starns. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. viii. 270 I thought they beauties starns weren't flemishing for nowt. 1991 J. K. Annand in T. Hubbard New Makars 20 Aneath a hap o snaw it [sc. purple saxifrage] derns Deep in a dwam for maist the year To burst throu in a bleeze o starns. 2004 S. Blackhall Katy Crocodile 2 I'm a firewirk fu o starns. 2. Scottish and English regional (northern). A small amount of something; a grain, particle; a pinch; a portion. Cf. starnie n. 2. Now rare.Also with noun complement without of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 379/2 (gloss.) Starn, a small Moiety. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings 38 We hae scarce ae starn O' fardel strae laid by 'gain Yeel. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (ed. 2) xxxviii. 217 Pit in just a jimp full o' the timmer ladle o' yesterday's mornin's milk an' a starn meal. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Starn, a particle, a very little quantity. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 290/2 Starn, bit, portion; helping; mouthful, some. Compounds † starn-chamber n. Obsolete rare = Star Chamber n. 1. ΚΠ 1422 Close Roll, 1 Henry VI (P.R.O.: C 54/273) m. 21^v In quadam camera vocata le Sternechamere infra palacium domini Regis Westm. † starn leam n. Obsolete starlight (figurative in quot.). ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7276 Forr crist sellf iss þatt sterrne lem Þatt all mann kinn birrþ follȝhenn. † starn-shot n. Obsolete a shooting star; cf. star shot n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun] drakec1275 dragon1398 falling stara1475 starn-shot1513 dancing-goats1563 firedrake1563 meteor1594 shooting star1597 goat1614 shooter1633 shot star1633 phasm1656 snow-fire1771 meteorite1823 asteroid1830 cometoid1861 exhalation1871 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ix. 69 As dois oft sterne schot falling fra the hevin Drawand thairefter a taile of fyrie levin. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake 75 Than sousit dounright like the stern-shot light. starn-slime n. rare (now archaic) = star slime n. at star n.¹ Compounds 7b(b). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc > individual plant of starn-slime?c1475 jellya1642 fallen star1707 nostoc1852 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 120^v (MED) Sterne slyme, assub. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 335 He looked into the twilight-sparkling stern-slime, which some believed to be the lees of the stars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1175
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