sharn

Meaning

The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scharn

Inherited from Old English: sċearn

Cognate with Northern Frisian: skern

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Icelandic: skarn

Cognate with German: Harn

In summary

From Middle English scharn, from Old English sċearn (“sharn, dung, muck, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną (“manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“dung, manure”). Cognate with North Frisian skern (“dung, manure”), Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic skarn (“dung”), German Harn (“urine”). Doublet of skarn.