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Perne vs Erne - What's the difference?

perne | erne |

As a verb perne

is to spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

As a noun erne is

an eagle.

perne

English

Verb

(pern)
  • To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
  • * 1928 , (William Butler Yeats), "(Sailing to Byzantium)", in The Tower :
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    erne

    English

    (wikipedia erne)

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, poetic, dialectal, scientific) An eagle.
    • The bald earn
  • An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla ).

    • Synonyms

    * (an eagle) sea eagle, white-tailed eagle

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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