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perne

perne

English

Verb

perne (third-person singular simple present pernes, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)

  1. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

French

Etymology

From Latin perna (mussel)

Noun

perne f (plural pernes)

  1. A kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida)

Latin

Verb

pernē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of perneō

Tocharian B

Etymology

From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.

Noun

perne

  1. power, rank
  2. glory