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Webster 1913 Edition

Morn

Morn

(môrn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
morwen
,
morgen
, AS.
morgen
; akin to D.
morgen
, OS.
morgan
, G.
morgen
, Icel.
morginn
,
morgunn
, Sw.
morgon
, Dan.
morgen
, Goth.
maúrgins
. Cf.
Morrow
,
Morning
.]
The first part of the day; the morning; – used chiefly in poetry.
From
morn

To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Morn

MORN

,
Noun.
The first part of the day; the morning; a word used chiefly in poetry.
And blooming peach shall ever bless thy morn.

Definition 2024

morn

morn

English

Noun

morn ‎(plural morns)

  1. (now poetic) Morning.
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, lines 165-168,
      But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔɳ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɳ

Interjection

morn

  1. colloquial variant of god morgen

Scots

Etymology

Old English morgen.

Noun

morn ‎(plural morns)

  1. morning
  2. (definite singular) tomorrow
    A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

Swedish

Interjection

morn

  1. Colloquial variant of god morgon

Etymology

From Middle English mōrn, morwen, from Old English morġen, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz (compare West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon), from pre-Germanic *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (compare Welsh bore ‘morning’, Lithuanian mérkti ‘to blink, twinkle’, Skt márīcih ‘ray of light’), from *mer- ‘to shimmer, glisten’ (compare Greek μέρα ‎(méra) ‘morning’). See also morrow, morning.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɔɹn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
  • Homophones: mourn, mourne, morne

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