schern

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === scherne, scherren, sherne === Etymology === From Old English sċearn, from Proto-West Germanic *skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɛːrn/ IPA(key): /ʃaːrn/ (especially Northern) === Noun === schern (uncountable) Animal feces used as fertiliser; manure or dung. ==== Descendants ==== English: sharn, shairn, shearn, shern (dialectal) Middle Scots: schairne Scots: shairn, sharn ==== References ==== “sharn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 November 2018.