erne

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/ (US) IPA(key): /ɝːn/ 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 *arnu (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arnuz (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (whence also Arnold), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”). Cognate with North Frisian Aarn, iarn, jarn (“eagle”), West Frisian earn (“eagle”), Dutch arend (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Low German Arend (“eagle”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ørn (“eagle”), Icelandic and Swedish örn (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) (whence ornitho-), translingual -ornis, Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”). ==== Alternative forms ==== earn, ern ==== Noun ==== erne (plural ernes) A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle. the bald erne ===== Synonyms ===== (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle ===== Derived terms ===== bald erne ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== earn ==== Verb ==== erne (obsolete) To long; to yearn. === Anagrams === NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /erne/ [er.ne] Rhymes: -erne, -e Hyphenation: er‧ne === Verb === erne ? (imperfect participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, short form erne, verbal noun ernetze) to sprout, to germinate Artoa erne da. ― The maize has sprouted. === Further reading === “erne”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “erne”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== erne willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== erne alternative form of ern (“eagle”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== erne alternative form of ernen == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *herneh. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈernʲe] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈerne] Rhymes: -erne Hyphenation: er‧ne === Noun === erne pea ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “erne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn