FromMiddle Englishmorn, fromOld Englishmorgen, fromProto-West Germanic*morgan,*morgin, fromProto-Germanic*murganaz,*murginaz, fromProto-Indo-European*mr̥kéno,*mr̥kóno, fromProto-Indo-European*mr̥Hko, from*mer-(“to shimmer, glisten”).
See alsoWest Frisianmoarn,Low GermanMorgen,Dutchmorgen,GermanMorgen,Danishmorgen,Norwegianmorgon; alsoLithuanianmérkti(“to blink, twinkle”),Sanskritमरीचि(márīci,“ray of light”),Greekμέρα(méra,“morning”).Doublet ofmorrow andmorgen. See alsomorning.
morn (countable anduncountable,pluralmorns)
- (now poetic)Morning.
c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i], lines165-168:But look, themorn, 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
Seemoorn(“tomorrow”)
morn
- tomorrow
morn
CompareWest Frisianmoarn.
- Alternative form ofmorwe
morn
- colloquial variant ofgod morgen
- “morn” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- “morn” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
morn
- colloquial variant ofgod morgon
- “morn” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
FromMiddle Englishmorn, variant ofmorwe, fromOld Englishmorgen.
morn (pluralmorns)
- morning
- (definite singular)tomorrow
- A'll gae for ma messagesthe morn. ―I'll go shoppingtomorrow.
morn
- Colloquial variant ofgod morgon
