'Ern' definitions:
Definition of 'ern'
(from WordNet)
noun
Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]
Definition of 'Ern'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Ern'
From: 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]