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sorning

sorning is the present participle and gerund of sorn.

Meaning of sorn

Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

  1. (Scotland, dated, intransitive) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Questions about sorning

What is sorning the present participle and gerund of?
Sorning is the present participle and gerund of sorn.

Words near sorning in the dictionary

  1. sornas
  2. sorned
  3. sorner
  4. sorners
  5. sornidipine
  6. sorning
  7. sorns
  8. soro
  9. Soro Soke
  10. soroban
  11. sorobans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sorning (page history and authors); sorn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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