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erne

SayURN/ɝːn/UK/ɜːn/

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3 meanings of erne

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A large bird of prey that hunts fish along seas and coasts.

    Like a hawk, but much bigger and living by the sea.

    An erne circled above the cliffs before diving for a fish.

    We saw a huge erne resting on the rocks by the sea.

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  2. 2
    noundialectalcountable
    A large eagle, used mostly in poems or local speech.

    An erne soared high above the rocky hills.

    The great erne flew over the lake at dawn.

    Similareagle

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  3. 3
    verbobsolete
    To want or miss something very much.
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Origin

From Old English earn, meaning "eagle." It comes from very old Germanic and Indo-European words for a large bird or eagle.