Meaning

5 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal)To run; flow.

  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.

  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)To pain; torture.

  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)(of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I have sixty ERN.

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Origin

From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metath

From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metathetic variant of rinnan (“to run”). More at run.

Of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of erme, from Middle English ermen, from Old English yrman, ierman. Compare also Old Scots urn, uren. More at erme.

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Forms

erns, erning, erned, erned
Base formern · to ern
3rd person singularerns
Present participleerning
Past simpleerned
Past participleerned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyern
he, she, iterns

Past simpleLesson

all personserned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave erned
he, she, ithas erned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ern

Word family

1 related words
Relatederme

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ergativeergativityergonomicericaerodeeroserosionerotic
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