erne
IPA: ˈɝn
noun
- A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
- A river in Ireland and Northern Ireland, starting in County Cavan, entering County Fermanagh, and passing through Upper and Lower Lough Erne on its way to the sea in County Donegal.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
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Examples of "erne" in Sentences
- He was a scion of the Earls of Erne.
- The second fight Erne won by decision.
- AND he took an engineless boat the length of the Erne.
- Canoeing is also a popular recreational sport on the Erne.
- Erne or Ernes is a favorite answer of crossword puzzle creators.
- It is on the River Erne, and forms the southern part of the Lough Erne complex.
- Up that creek we ran, or rather paddled, therefore, knee deep in mud, but quite unseen by any but the great erne that fled over us crying.
- And this was terrible, that over the host wheeled erne and raven and kite, as knowing to what feast the flapping of yon Raven banner called them.
- Although they are not larger than a pigeon, they are not afraid to lay siege to an erne or a glaucus gull, and they will often do so as much for amusement as for gain.
- I was once of the opinion that there was a diversity of kind between the eagle and the erne, till I perceived that our nation used the word erne in most places for the eagle.
- “An erne methought came in,” she says, “and swept adown the hall, and drenched me and all of us with blood, and ill shall that betoken, for methought it was the double of King Atli.”
- He answered, “Full oft do we slaughter beasts freely, and smite down great neat for our cheer, and the dream of the erne has but to do with oxen; yea, Atli is heart-whole toward us.”
- The common people call this fowl an erne; but, as I am ignorant whether the word eagle and erne do shew any difference of sex, I mean between the male and the female, so we have great store of them.
- Gunnar answered, “Never gettest thou that wealth; and men of might must thou meet here, or ever we lay by life if thou wilt deal with us in battle; ah, belike thou settest forth this feast like a great man, and wouldst not hold thine hand from erne and wolf!”
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