plural of sterner

Of or relating to the soil and bedrock, especially aspects of foundations and earthworks.

(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture / (intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. / (transitive) To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.