"erne" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɝːn/ [US] Audio: En-us-erne.ogg [US] Forms: ernes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”), 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”), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ern}} Middle English ern, {{m|enm|erne}} erne, {{m|enm|earn}} earn, {{inh|en|ang|earn||eagle}} Old English earn (“eagle”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*arô||eagle}} Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₃érō||large bird, eagle}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”), {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|nds|-}} Low German, {{m|nl|arend||eagle}} arend (“eagle”), {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|da|ørn||eagle}} Danish ørn (“eagle”), {{cog|sv|örn||eagle}} Swedish örn (“eagle”), {{cog|de|Aar||eagle}} German Aar (“eagle”), {{cog|grc|ὄρνεον}} Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), {{m|grc|ὄρνις||bird}} ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”), {{cog|sla-pro|*or%D1%8Cl%D1%8A||eagle}} Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} erne (plural ernes)
  1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Categories (lifeform): Eagles
    Sense id: en-erne-en-noun-NN-lmajQ Disambiguation of Eagles: 45 48 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 37 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 36 4
  2. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle. Tags: dialectal, poetic Categories (topical): Sciences Categories (lifeform): Eagles Synonyms (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
    Sense id: en-erne-en-noun-p9miP-5S Disambiguation of Eagles: 45 48 7 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'an eagle': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: earn, ern Derived forms: bald erne
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɝːn/ [US] Audio: En-us-erne.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} erne
  1. (obsolete) To long; to yearn. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-erne-en-verb-P1-eMXSV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: earn
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "long"
        ],
        [
          "yearn",
          "yearn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To long; to yearn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɜːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɝːn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "earn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ern"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "urn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-erne.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/En-us-erne.ogg/En-us-erne.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/En-us-erne.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "earn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "erne"
  ],
  "word": "erne"
}

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