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Sare vs Sarn - What's the difference?

sare | sarn |

As an adjective sare

is dry, withered.

As an adverb sare

is much, very much, greatly.

As a noun sarn is

a pavement or stepping stone.

sare

English

Alternative forms

* sear

Adjective

  • (British, archaic) dry, withered
  • Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
    Burn ash-wood sare , 'twool make a man sware.
  • (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
  • (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe
  • Adverb

  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly
  • sarn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A pavement or stepping stone.
  • (Johnson)
    (Webster 1913)