ern

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/ (US) enPR: ûrn, IPA(key): /ɝn/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Homophones: earn, erne, urn === Etymology 1 === Alteration of erne. ==== Noun ==== ern (plural erns) Alternative spelling of erne. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metathetic variant of rinnan (“to run”). More at run. ==== Alternative forms ==== earn (Scotland) ==== Verb ==== ern (third-person singular simple present erns, present participle erning, simple past and past participle erned) (UK dialectal) To run; flow. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat. === Etymology 3 === Of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of erme, from Middle English ermen, from Old English yrman, ierman. Compare also Old Scots urn, uren. More at erme. ==== Verb ==== ern (third-person singular simple present erns, present participle erning, simple past and past participle erned) (intransitive, obsolete) To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To pain; torture. (UK dialectal, Scotland) (of the eyes) To cause to water; smart. ===== Related terms ===== erme === Anagrams === ner, NER, ren, NRE, -ren, RNE, Ren, ENR, -ner-, REN == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse ern, from Proto-Germanic *arniz (“serious; diligent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -ɛrtn === Adjective === ern (comparative ernari, superlative ernastur) brisk, active (of an older person) ==== Declension ==== === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “ern”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “ern”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “ern” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === eerne, eren, erne, eron ærn, earn (Early Middle English); arn, aryn (Kent or Northern) === Etymology === From Old English earn, from Proto-West Germanic *arnu, from Proto-Germanic *arnuz, modification of *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō. The Northern forms arn, aryn might reflect Old Norse ǫrn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̝ːrn/ === Noun === ern (plural ernes) eagle (bird of prey) Synonym: egle ==== Descendants ==== English: erne Middle Scots: ern, eyrne, airne Scots: earn, ern, erne ==== References ==== “ē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ern/, [erˠn] === Noun === ern f alternative form of ærn ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: == Scots == === Noun === ern (plural erns) alternative form of airn === References === “ern, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.