An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Sw. staerk-a, Teut. starck-en, id.

STARN, STERNE, s.
1. A star, S. B.
Barbour.

Moes. G. stairno, Isl. stiorn-a, Su. G. stierna, Dan. stierne, id.

2. A single grain, a particle, S.
Bellenden.
3. A small quantity, S.
4. The outermost point of a needle, S. B.

Starny, Sterny, adj. Starry, S.

STARNOTING, part. pr. Sneezing.

Lat. sternut-are, id.

Burel.

STASSEL, STATHEL, s.
1. A prop for a stack of grain, to raise it from the ground, S. B.
2. The corn which lies undermost in a stack, S. B.

Belg. stutsel, a support; stathel, a foundation.