ern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
    erne; grey sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla; gray sea eagle; European sea eagle; white-tailed sea eagle.

WordNet

Ern, Erne noun (Also<
  • Ern
  • Erne
)
Etymology
AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. bird. . Cf. Ornithology.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).
Ern intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Erme.
Definitions
  1. To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare. Obs.

Webster 1913