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Hawk relative
Answer for the clue "Hawk relative ", 4 letters:
erne
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly poetic dialectal scientific English) An eagle. 2 An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla'').
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sea eagle," from Old English earn "eagle," from Proto-Germanic *aron- , *arnuz "eagle" (cognates: Old High German arn , German Aar , Middle Dutch arent , Old Norse örn , Gothic ara "eagle"), from PIE root *or- "great bird" (cognates: Greek ornis "bird," ...
Usage examples of erne.
Erne, looking so wonderfully handsome and so exquisitely clean, that going to Augusta Court to superintend the emptying of a cesspool became absolutely impossible.
Their lords were at home, furbishing up their arms and armor, whacking grimly away at painted four-by-fours in the backyard or arranging hurried private sessions with John Erne.
Few of their combats lasted longer than three minutes, and the referee—one Sir Roric the Uncouth, who wore a full bearskin and a pair of plaid shorts—laughed and called jokes to a wincing John Erne as he named the victors.