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steorn

steorn

Old English

Noun

steorn f

  1. forehead

Declension

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stirnō ‎(“forehead”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- ‎(“forehead, chest, side”). Cognate with Old High German stirna ‎(German Stirn, “forehead”), Middle Low German stērne ‎(“forehead”), Middle Dutch stern(e) ‎(“forehead”), Ancient Greek στέρνον ‎(stérnon, “chest”). More at sternum.

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