SG Heritage Dictionary

Sorn [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

SOREHON, SORN noun A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously, whenever he wished to indulge himself in a debauch. So that when a person obtrudes himself on another for bed and board, he is said to SORN or be a sorner.

Sorn [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.

Sorner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.