ern

See also: ERN, Ern, and -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)

1. 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)

1. (UK dialectal) To run; flow.
2. (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)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To pain; torture.
3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) (of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.

Related terms

• erme

Anagrams

• -ner-, -ren, NRE, REN, RNE, ner, ren

Icelandic

Adjective

ern (comparative ernari, superlative ernastur)

1. brisk, active

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ern	ern	ernt
accusative	ernan	erna	ernt
dative	ernum	ernri	ernu
genitive	erns	ernrar	erns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ernir	ernar	ern
accusative	erna	ernar	ern
dative	ernum	ernum	ernum
genitive	ernra	ernra	ernra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	erni	erna	erna
accusative	erna	ernu	erna
dative	erna	ernu	erna
genitive	erna	ernu	erna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ernu	ernu	ernu
accusative	ernu	ernu	ernu
dative	ernu	ernu	ernu
genitive	ernu	ernu	ernu

    comparative

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

    superlative (strong declension)

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

    superlative (weak declension)

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 English

Alternative forms

• arn, aryn, eerne, eren, erne, eron
• ærn, earn (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English earn, from Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːrn/, /ɛrn/, /arn/

Noun

ern (plural ernes)

1. eagle (bird of prey)

   Synonym: egle

Descendants

• English: erne
• Scots: earn, ern, erne

References

• “ē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Noun

ern (plural erns)

1. Alternative form of airn

References

• “ern, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.