tarn

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tarn / tärn/ • n. a small mountain lake.

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tarn

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tarn small mountain lake. XIV. ME. terne, tarne — ON. *tarnu (tjǫrn, Sw. dial. t(j)ärn, Norw. tjörn).

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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