morn

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 Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (compare Welsh bore (“morning”), Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”)), from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”) (compare Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”)). See also morrow, morning.

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

morn (countable and uncountable, 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

• morning
• morrow

• NORM, Norm, norm

• IPA^(key): /mɔɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɳ

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgen

• “morn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgon

• “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English morgen.

morn (plural morns)

1. morning
2. (definite singular) tomorrow

   A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

morn

1. Colloquial variant of god morgon