Ern

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A retired place or habitation: chiefly in composition. See etymology.
  • noun. See earn.
  • Obsolete forms of earn.
  • Obsolete forms of earn.
  • Same as earn.
  • noun. A termination of Latin origin, occurring in nouns, as in cavern, cistern, lantern, tavern, etc., also in adjectives, as modern, but in adjective use generally extended with -al, as in eternal, fraternal, maternal, paternal, external, internal, infernal, supernal, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).
  • intransitive verb. To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
  • verb. To pain; torture.
  • verb. (of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.
  • noun. Alternative spelling of erne.
  • verb. To run; flow.
  • verb. To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
  • Word Usage
    ""I reckon it'll be a stuffed fox your chil'ern 'll hunt, Mr. Steeve; more straw in 'em than bow'ls.""
    Equivalent
    erne  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sea eagle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    -ise  Chicagoland  Francis  NV  eady  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grieve