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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ERNE, or AERNE, a Saxon word, signifying a place or receptacle, forms the termination of some English words, as well as Latin; as in barn, lantern, tavern, taberna.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English earn; akin to Old High German arn eagle, Greek ornis bird Date: before 12th century eagle; especially a long-winged sea eagle (Haliäetus albicilla) with a short white wedge-shaped tail

Britannica Concise

Lake, Fermanagh district, N. Ireland. Averaging 5 mi (8 km) wide, the lake consists of the shallow Upper Lough Erne, 12 mi (19 km) long, and Lower Lough Erne, 18 mi (29 km) long, linked by a 10-mi (16-km) strait that is part of the Erne River. Numerous islands dot the lakes and provide recreation facilities. The River Erne, which flows north across the border of Northern Ireland, and empties into Donegal Bay, is 72 mi (116 km) long.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US ern) poet. a sea eagle. Etymology: OE earn f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ern Ern, Erne Erne, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. ? bird. ???. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zo["o]l.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Hali[ae]etus albicilla).