erne
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɝːn/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: earn, ern, urn
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (whence also Arnold), from Proto-West Germanic *arō, 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”) (whence -ornis and ornitho-), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editerne (plural ernes)
- A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 274:
- Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!
- 1985, Amadon, Dean, “Review of The Return of the Sea Eagle”, in The Auk[1], volume 102, number 1, pages 218-19:
- [T]his is an in-depth study of the Erne (to use the old Anglo-Saxon name for this eagle).
- (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
- the bald erne
Synonyms
edit- (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
Derived terms
editTranslations
editHaliaeetus albicilla — see white-tailed eagle
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editerne
Anagrams
editBasque
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editerne ? (imperfect participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, short form erne, verbal noun ernetze)
Further reading
edit- “erne”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “erne”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editerne
- willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- But of her songe, it was so loude & erne / As any swalowe syttynge on a berne
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editerne
- Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editerne
- Alternative form of ernen
Votic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *herneh.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editerne
Inflection
editDeclension of erne (type XIV/terve, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | erne | erned |
genitive | erne | erneje, ernei |
partitive | ernette | erneite, ernei |
illative | ernese, erne | 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 (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
edit- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “erne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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