"morn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɔːn/ [UK], /moɹn/ [US], [mo̞ɹn] [US], /mɔːɹn/ (note: rhotic), /mɔːn/ (note: non-rhotic) Forms: morns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English morn, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|morn}} Middle English morn, {{inh|en|ang|morgen}} Old English morgen, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*morgan}} Proto-West Germanic *morgan, {{m|gmw-pro|*morgin}} *morgin, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*murganaz}} Proto-Germanic *murganaz, {{m|gem-pro|*murginaz}} *murginaz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mr̥kéno}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, {{m|ine-pro|*mr̥kóno}} *mr̥kóno, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mr̥Hko}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, {{m|ine-pro|*mer-|t=to shimmer, glisten}} *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”), {{cog|fy|moarn}} West Frisian moarn, {{cog|nds|Morgen}} Low German Morgen, {{cog|nl|morgen}} Dutch morgen, {{cog|de|Morgen}} German Morgen, {{cog|da|morgen}} Danish morgen, {{cog|no|morgon}} Norwegian morgon, {{cog|lt|mérkti|t=to blink, twinkle}} Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), {{cog|sa|मरीचि|t=ray of light|tr=márīci}} Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”), {{cog|el|μέρα|t=morning}} Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”), {{doublet|en|morrow|morgen}} Doublet of morrow and morgen, {{m|en|morning}} morning Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} morn (countable and uncountable, plural morns)
  1. (now poetic) Morning. Tags: countable, poetic, uncountable Synonyms: morning, morrow Derived forms: after-morn

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      "expansion": "Norwegian morgon",
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