erne

See also: Erné, -erne, érne, érné, and Erne

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɝːn/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: earn, ern, urn

Etymology 1

From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (whence also Arnold), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”).

Cognate with Dutch and Low German arend (“eagle”), Norwegian and Danish ørn (“eagle”), Swedish örn (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) (whence -ornis and ornitho-), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”).

Alternative forms

• earn, ern

Noun

erne (plural ernes)

1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 274:

     Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!

   • 1985, Amadon, Dean, “Review of The Return of the Sea Eagle”, in The Auk‎^[1], volume 102, number 1, pages 218-19:

     [T]his is an in-depth study of the Erne (to use the old Anglo-Saxon name for this eagle).

2. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.

   the bald erne

Synonyms

• (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle

Derived terms

• bald erne

Translations

Haliaeetus albicilla — see white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• earn

Verb

erne

1. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.

Anagrams

• NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /erne/ [er.ne]
• Rhymes: -erne
• Hyphenation: er‧ne

Verb

erne ? (imperfect participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, short form erne, verbal noun ernetze)

1. to sprout, to germinate

   Artoa erne da. ― The maize has sprouted.

Further reading

• “erne”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “erne”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

erne

1. willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     But of her songe, it was so loude & erne / As any swalowe syttynge on a berne

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Noun

erne

1. Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)

Etymology 3

Verb

erne

1. Alternative form of ernen

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *herneh.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈerne]
• Rhymes: -erne
• Hyphenation: er‧ne

Noun

erne

1. pea

Inflection

Declension of erne (type XIV/terve, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	erne	erned
genitive	erne	erneje, ernei
partitive	ernette	erneite, ernei
illative	ernese, erne	erneise
inessive	ernez	erneiz
elative	ernesse	erneisse
allative	ernele	erneile
adessive	ernelle	erneille
ablative	ernelte	erneilte
translative	ernessi	erneissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “erne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn