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Webster 1913 Edition

Erne

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Noun.
[AS.
earn
eagle; akin to D.
arend
, OHG.
aro
, G.
aar
, Icel., Sw., & Dan.
örn
, Goth.
ara
, and to Gr. [GREEK] bird. √11. Cf.
Ornithology
.]
(Zoöl.)
A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (
Haliæetus albicilla
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Erne

ERNE

, or AERNE, a Saxon word, signifying a place or receptacle, forms the termination of some English words, as well as Latin; as in barn, lantern, tavern, taberna.

Definition 2024

erne

erne

See also: Erné and -erne

English

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Noun

erne ‎(plural ernes)

  1. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
    The bald earn
  2. An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

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Verb

erne

  1. to sprout, to geminate
    Artoa erne da. — “The maize has sprouted.”

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Etymology

From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn ‎(“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô ‎(“eagle”), from Proto-Indo-European *or- ‎(“large bird, eagle”). Cognate with Dutch and Low German arend ‎(“eagle”), Danish ørn ‎(“eagle”), Swedish örn ‎(“eagle”), German Aar ‎(“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον ‎(órneon), ὄρνις ‎(órnis, “bird”).

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