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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  ???.  Cf  {Ornithology}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  sea  eagle,  esp.  the  European  white-tailed  sea  eagle 
  ({Hali[ae]etus  albicilla}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




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