Old English · noun
earn
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /æ͜ɑrn/[æ͜ɑrˠn]
- Syllables
- æ͜ɑrn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- eagleerne
Meaning
-
eagle
…Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song, þǣr iċ glado sitte.
…Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *arnu.
Descendants
erne
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