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morn

  [mawrn]
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–noun Literary.
morning.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME morn(e), OE morne (dat. of morgen morning); c. D, G Morgen
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morn   (môrn)   
n.  

  1. The morning.

  2. The dawn.


[Middle English, from Old English morgen.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

morn 
contracted from M.E. morwen, from O.E. (Mercian) margen (dat. marne), earlier morgen (dat. morgne), from P.Gmc. *marganaz, *murganaz "morning" (cf. O.H.G. morgen, Goth. maurgins), perhaps from PIE base *mergh- "to blink, twinkle" (cf. Lith. mirgeti "to blink").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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