sharn, shern, shairn noun animal excrement, especially that of cattle: His troosers were aw coo shairn. [His trousers were covered in cow dung.] la16-. etymology: Scots; Old English scearn; Old Frisian skern, modern West Frisian skern, North Frisian sjaarn, sjuarn, Middle Low German scharn, Old Norse skarn, Swedish and Danish skarn; form shern; attested by JS and BW |