Ern

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ern \Ern\, v. i. [Cf. {Erme}.]
     To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn.
  
     Note: [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of
           Shakespeare.] [Obs.]
           [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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