erne
See also: Erné, -erne, érne, érné, and Erne
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɝːn/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: earn, ern, urn
Etymology 1
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”).
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 earn
Synonyms
- (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
Derived terms
- bald erne
Translations
Haliaeetus albicilla — see white-tailed eagle
Alternative forms
- earn
Verb
erne
- (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
Anagrams
- NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /erne/, [e̞r.ne̞]
Verb
erne ? (present 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], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “erne” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Middle English
Adjective
erne
- willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
- But of her songe, it was so loude & erne / As any swalowe syttynge on a berne
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Noun
erne
- Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)
Verb
erne
- Alternative form of ernen
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *herneh.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈerne]
- Rhymes: -erne
- Hyphenation: er‧ne
Noun
erne
- pea
Inflection
| Declension of erne (type XIV/terve, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | erne | erned |
| genitive | erne | erneije, ernei |
| partitive | ernette | erneite, ernei |
| illative | erne, ernese | erneije, 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 or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “erne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn