fearn

See also: Fearn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH-. Cognate with Old High German farn (German Farn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fæ͜ɑrn/, [fæ͜ɑrˠn]

Noun

fearn n

  1. fern

Declension
Declension of fearn (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fearn fearn
accusative fearn fearn
genitive fearnes fearna
dative fearne fearnum

Descendants
  • Middle English: fern, vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
    • English: fern
    • Scots: farne, fairn
    • Yola: vearne, fearn

Yola

Noun

fearn

  1. Alternative form of vearne

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39
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