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▪ I. † ern, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 irnan, pa. tense arn, 4–5 erne(n, -yn, 5 eerne.
[ME. ernen, OE. irnan, by metathesis for rinnan to run.]
intr. To run. Of water, a river: To flow.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §8 Seo ea Danai irnð þonan suðryhte. c1000ælfric Gen. xviii. 7 He arn him sylf to his hryðera falde. c1300K. Alis. 5003 Every wilde dere astore, Hy mowen by cours ernen tofore. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 376 Water for wikked werkes Egerlich ernynge out of mennes yeen. c1440Promp. Parv. 142 Ernyn, as horse [MS. P. eerne], cursito. a1600in Pinkerton Anc. Scott. Poems 217 (Jam.) Nor hare, befoire the ernand grew⁓hounds face, With speid is careit so.
▪ II. ern
obs. form of are: see be v.
▪ III. ern
dial. form of iron.
▪ IV. ern
dial. form of earn (see earn v.1 3). So ernes n. pl. (see quot.)
1695Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss., Ernes, the loose scattered ears of corn that are left on the ground after the binding or cocking of it..Hence to ern is in some places the same as to glean. 1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3) s.v. Ernes. |