perne
See also: perné
English edit
Etymology edit
Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.
Verb edit
perne (third-person singular simple present pernes, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)
- To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
- 1928, William Butler Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”, in The Tower:
- Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin perna (“mussel”).
Noun edit
perne f (plural pernes)
Further reading edit
- “perne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
pernē
Tocharian B edit
Etymology edit
From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.
Noun edit
perne