morn
- noun
- /mɔrn/
- Archaic
- The light of early morn and late in the day adds interest and drama.
Examples
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Your voice, the refrain of a song of a rain in the light of the bright April morn.
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♪ Let's go sunning ♪ ♪ 'Neath the sky of blue ♪ ♪ Greet the sun, every morn ♪♪
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Does she ever stop to think what might happen the next morn when she'll wish she was never born?
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Every morn' and every night, some are born to sweet delight.
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Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring
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"Each new morn, new widows howl.
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♪ Christ the Lord is born this Christmas morn ♪
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"Come at early morn, and we will begin work with the gyrfalcon." p63
Fiction book (1993) -
"But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill."
Blog text (18) -
On a crisp autumn morn, the leaves rustled softly in the breeze.
Synonyms
The earliest period of something, like the start of an era
The early part of the day after the sun rises said informally
A time in the morning before noon
The part of the day from dawn until noon
How Early
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word morn comes from the old English word morgen, the same root as morning and morrow, which meant 'daybreak' or 'dawn'. So morn still means the early part of the day and is often used in a poetic or literary way.