orn

See also: õrn, örn, Örn, ǫrn, and ørn

English

Etymology

From Old French orner, from Latin ornō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔː(ɹ)n/
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Verb

orn (third-person singular simple present orns, present participle orning, simple past and past participle orned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.
    • 1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete […] :
      God stered vp prophetes and orned his chirche with great glory.

References
  • orn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

orn

  1. Alternative form of horn
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