"-ern" meaning in Old English

See -ern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ern/, [erˠn]
Etymology: From the adjectival use of -ærn (“noun suffix denoting location”), from ærn (“place”). Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -ern, {{ang-suffix}} -ern Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|-ern|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-ern|-ernu|-ern|-ernu|-ernes|-erna|-erne|-ernum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ern [nominative, singular], -ernu [nominative, plural], -ern [accusative, singular], -ernu [accusative, plural], -ernes [genitive, singular], -erna [genitive, plural], -erne [dative, singular], -ernum [dative, plural]
  1. Suffix meaning "a place". Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ærn
    Sense id: en--ern-ang-suffix-zXdbaZs2 Categories (other): Pages using catfix
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ern/, [erˠn]
Etymology: Variant of -erne. Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -ern, {{ang-suffix}} -ern
  1. Suffix meaning "toward a place"; alternative form of -erne Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ern-ang-suffix-GaClaKt~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
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    }
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      "form": "-ern",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-erna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-erne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernum",
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        "title": "",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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          "text": "hāliġ (“holy”) + -ern → hāliġern (“sanctuary, holy place”)",
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        }
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      ],
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ern/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[erˠn]"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "-ern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-erna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-erne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ernum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "expansion": "-ern",
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    }
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        "3": "-ern",
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        "6": "-erna",
        "7": "-erne",
        "8": "-ernum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Suffix meaning \"a place\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ern/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[erˠn]"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "-ærn"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/ern/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[erˠn]"
    }
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}

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