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Erne

Ern \Ern\, Erne \Erne\, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. ? bird. [root]11. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zo["o]l.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle ( Hali[ae]etus albicilla).

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
erne

"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," Old Church Slavonic orilu, Lithuanian erelis, Welsh eryr "eagle"). The Germanic word also survives in the first element of names such as Arnold and Arthur.

Wiktionary
erne

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'').

WordNet
erne

n. bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]

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Erne

Erne may refer to:

Ships
  • HMS Erne, various ships of Britain's Royal Navy
  • Erne (ship), a British (later Canadian) ship that transported Indian labourers
People
  • Young Erne (1884–1944), a boxer
  • Philippe Erne (born 1986), Liechtenstein footballer
Other
  • Sea eagle, any bird of prey in the genus Haliaeetus, especially the white-tailed eagle H. albicilla
  • Earl Erne, a title in the peerage of Ireland
  • River Erne, a river in Ireland
  • Lough Erne, two connected lakes in Ireland
  • Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
  • Ertzainen Nazional Elkartasuna (National Solidarity of Ertzainas, known as ErNE) a workers union of the Ertzaintza (police of the Basque Country).

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.