Referrer is not set correctly on Internet Explorer 11

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Bug report

Describe the bug

On IE11 document.referrer isn't set. The return value is just an empty string instead of for example https://www.google.com.

To Reproduce

1. I just set up a small next.js project like recommended in the next.js documentation
   (https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started#manual-setup)

2. After this project set up I started the next.js dev server (via yarn dev).

3. Then I visited google.com (with IE11) and searched with a random search term

4. After that I manipulated a search result link via dev tools.
   The manipulated link has now the href attribute "http://localhost:3000"

5. Finally I clicked this manipulated link so that I was routed to my next.js page

Result: There I can see that document.referrer returns an empty string instead of "https://www.google.com"

Expected behavior

document.referrer should be set correctly.

System information

• OS: Windows
• Browser: Internet Explorer 11
• Version of Next.js: 9.4.4
• Version of Node.js: 12.13.0

Additional context

An error has already been created on this topic (#8365).
But at that time the bug was not fixed.