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Peine vs Perne - What's the difference?
peine
|
perne
|
As a noun
peine
is pain or punishment.
As a verb
perne
is
to spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
peine
English
Noun
(
en noun
)
(legal) Pain or punishment.
Usage notes
This is only used in common law legal contexts, as part of (
Law French
), most often in the phrase .
Derived terms
* peine forte et dure
English words not following the I before E except after C rule
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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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