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-ern

 
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an adjective suffix occurring with names of directions: northern; southern.
Origin:
ME, OE -erne; c. OHG -rōni (as in nordrōni northern)

erne

  [urn]
–noun
sea eagle.
Also, ern.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ern, arn, OE earn; c. OHG arn (G Aar), MLG arn(e); akin to Lith erẽlis eagle, Gk órnīs bird
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erne also ern   (ûrn)   
n.  Any of several sea eagles, especially Haliaeetus albicilla, of Europe.

[Middle English ern, eagle, from Old English earn; see or- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

erne 
"sea eagle," from O.E. earn "eagle," a common Gmc. word (cf. O.H.G. arn, M.Du. arent, Goth. ara "eagle," also surviving in the first element of old Gmc. names such as Arnold and Arthur), from PIE base *er-/*or- "great bird, eagle" (cf. Gk. ornis "bird," O.C.S. orilu, Lith. erelis, Welsh eryr "eagle").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ERN
Eritrea—nakfa (currency)
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