See also: Erné, -erne, érne, érné, and Erne

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (eagle).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

erne (plural ernes)

  1. 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).
  2. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
    the bald erne
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

erne

  1. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.

Anagrams edit

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /erne/ [er.ne]
  • Rhymes: -erne
  • Hyphenation: er‧ne

Verb edit

erne ? (imperfect participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, short form erne, verbal noun ernetze)

  1. to sprout, to germinate
    Artoa erne da.The maize has sprouted.

Further reading edit

  • "erne" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • erne” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

erne

  1. willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

erne

  1. Alternative form of ern (eagle)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

erne

  1. Alternative form of ernen

Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *herneh.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈerne]
  • Rhymes: -erne
  • Hyphenation: er‧ne

Noun edit

erne

  1. pea

Inflection edit

Declension of erne (type XIV/terve, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative erne erned
genitive erne erneije, 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