different between erne vs derne

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Homophones: earn, ern, urn

Etymology 1

From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ér? (“large bird, eagle”). Cognate with Dutch and Low German arend (“eagle”), Norwegian and Danish ørn (“eagle”), Swedish örn (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ?????? (órneon), ????? (órnis, “bird”).

Alternative forms

• earn, ern

Noun

erne (plural ernes)

1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
2. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.

   the bald earn

Synonyms

• (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle

Derived terms

• bald erne

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• earn

Verb

erne

1. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.

Anagrams

• NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /er.ne/

Verb

erne (present participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, infinitive erne, verbal noun ernetze)

1. to sprout, to germinate

Further reading

• “erne” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “erne” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

English

Etymology

From Old English dyrnan (“to hide”). See dern, dearn (adjective).

Verb

derne (third-person singular simple present dernes, present participle derning, simple past and past participle derned)

1. (Scotland) To hide; to skulk.
   • 1854, Hugh Miller, My schools and schoolmasters

     He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth.

Anagrams

• Ender, Rende, dreen, ender, erned

Middle English

Alternative forms

• darne, durne

Etymology

From Old English dyrne, dierne.

Adjective

derne

1. Hidden; secret.

   • For derne love of thee, lemman, I spill.

Descendants

• English: dern, dearn, darn
• Scots: dern, darn