ern
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/
- (US) enPR: ûrn, IPA(key): /ɝn/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: earn, erne, urn
Etymology 1Edit
Alteration of erne.
NounEdit
ern (plural erns)
- Alternative spelling of erne
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metathetic variant of rinnan (“to run”). More at run.
Alternative formsEdit
- earn (Scotland)
VerbEdit
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 3Edit
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.
VerbEdit
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 termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
IcelandicEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ern (comparative ernari, superlative ernastur)
DeclensionEdit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ernari | ernari | ernara |
accusative | ernari | ernari | ernara |
dative | ernari | ernari | ernara |
genitive | ernari | ernari | ernara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ernari | ernari | ernari |
accusative | ernari | ernari | ernari |
dative | ernari | ernari | ernari |
genitive | ernari | ernari | ernari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ernastur | ernust | ernast |
accusative | ernastan | ernasta | ernast |
dative | ernustum | ernastri | ernustu |
genitive | ernasts | ernastrar | ernasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ernastir | ernastar | ernust |
accusative | ernasta | ernastar | ernust |
dative | ernustum | ernustum | ernustum |
genitive | ernastra | ernastra | ernastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ernasti | ernasta | ernasta |
accusative | ernasta | ernustu | ernasta |
dative | ernasta | ernustu | ernasta |
genitive | ernasta | ernustu | ernasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ernustu | ernustu | ernustu |
accusative | ernustu | ernustu | ernustu |
dative | ernustu | ernustu | ernustu |
genitive | ernustu | ernustu | ernustu |
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old English earn, from Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ern (plural ernes)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
ScotsEdit
NounEdit
ern (plural erns)
- Alternative form of airn
ReferencesEdit
- “ern, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.