Meaning of erne | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
2. A river in Ireland and Northern Ireland, starting in County Cavan, entering County Fermanagh, and passing through Upper and Lower Lough Erne on its way to the sea in County Donegal.
3. A surname from German.
4. An eagle.
   dialectal, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!”

“[T]his is an in-depth study of the Erne (to use the old Anglo-Saxon name for this eagle).”

“the bald erne”

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