tarnn.

Brit.

/tɑːn/, U.S.

/tɑrn/

Forms: Middle English terne, Middle English–1500s tarne, 1600s tearn, (1700s Scottish tairn), 1600s– tarn.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse *tarnu.

Etymology: Middle English terne, < Old Norse *tarnu, tjorn, tjörn; = Swedish dialect tjärn, tärn, Norwegian tjörn, Danish tjern.

A small mountain lake, having no significant tributaries. (Originally local northern English, now generally used by geologists and geographers.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > small

pulkc1300

tarnc1400

lochan1682

lakelet1796

mountain tarn1802

étanga1855

lochlet1860

lougheen1882

1256 Assize Roll 979 m. 10 d (Westmorland) Agnes..appellat..Edelinam filiam Ricardi de Blaterne [= Blea-tarn] quod ipsa dederat ei potum mortiferum bibere.]

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1041 Þer ar tres by þat terne of traytoures.

14.. (heading) The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 151 Gauan, wythoutun any more, To þe tarne con he fare To wake hit to day.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xv. 95/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The Air or Arre riseth out of a lake or tarne [1577 a Lake] south of Darnbrooke.

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words A Tarn, a Lake or Meer-pool, a usual word in the North.

1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes in J. Wilkinson Select Views p. x Tarns..are found in some of the vallies, and are very numerous upon the mountains.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. x. 28 Though never sun-beam could discern The surface of that sable tarn, In whose black mirror you may spy The stars, while noon-tide lights the sky.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. Concl. 22 By tairn and rill, The night-birds all that hour were still.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The largest river in the world takes its most remote origin among the Andean Highlands, in a little inky tarn.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1873 M. Collins Miranda II. 83 Miranda, whose aureate hair and tarn-brown eyes had something unique about them.

1884 A. C. Swinburne W. Collins Misc. (1886) 59 A picture of upland fell and tarnside copse in the curving hollow of a moor.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. ix. 80 The sorceress took in hand some of the tarn-water.

1903 Smart Set 9 133/2 Hers is one of those clear, tarnlike natures which one gauges quickly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tarn
释义	tarnn. Brit. /tɑːn/, U.S. /tɑrn/ Forms: Middle English terne, Middle English–1500s tarne, 1600s tearn, (1700s Scottish tairn), 1600s– tarn. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse tarnu. Etymology: Middle English terne, < Old Norse tarnu, tjorn, tjörn; = Swedish dialect tjärn, tärn, Norwegian tjörn, Danish tjern. A small mountain lake, having no significant tributaries. (Originally local northern English, now generally used by geologists and geographers.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > small pulkc1300 tarnc1400 lochan1682 lakelet1796 mountain tarn1802 étanga1855 lochlet1860 lougheen1882 1256 Assize Roll 979 m. 10 d (Westmorland) Agnes..appellat..Edelinam filiam Ricardi de Blaterne [= Blea-tarn] quod ipsa dederat ei potum mortiferum bibere.] c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1041 Þer ar tres by þat terne of traytoures. 14.. (heading) The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 151 Gauan, wythoutun any more, To þe tarne con he fare To wake hit to day. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xv. 95/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The Air or Arre riseth out of a lake or tarne [1577 a Lake] south of Darnbrooke. 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words A Tarn, a Lake or Meer-pool, a usual word in the North. 1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes in J. Wilkinson Select Views p. x Tarns..are found in some of the vallies, and are very numerous upon the mountains. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. x. 28 Though never sun-beam could discern The surface of that sable tarn, In whose black mirror you may spy The stars, while noon-tide lights the sky. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. Concl. 22 By tairn and rill, The night-birds all that hour were still. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The largest river in the world takes its most remote origin among the Andean Highlands, in a little inky tarn. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1873 M. Collins Miranda II. 83 Miranda, whose aureate hair and tarn-brown eyes had something unique about them. 1884 A. C. Swinburne W. Collins Misc. (1886) 59 A picture of upland fell and tarnside copse in the curving hollow of a moor. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. ix. 80 The sorceress took in hand some of the tarn-water. 1903 Smart Set 9 133/2 Hers is one of those clear, tarnlike natures which one gauges quickly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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