Middle English Dictionary Entry
ē̆rn n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ē̆rn n.(1) Also eern, eren, arn, arin, her(o)n. |
| Etymology | OE earn. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An eagle; also, a representation of an eagle.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)412/26 : Aquila: ærn .i. eigle.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5867 : Þe feorþe deor..Wass inn an ærness like, Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn uss Johan þe Goddspellwrihhte.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5991 : Forr ærn maȝȝ heȝhe fleȝhenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21753 : In ælc of þan æitlonde is a clude hæh and strong; þer næstieð arnes [Otho: hearnes] & oðere græte uoȝeles.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51b : Vre wiðerwines swiftre þen earnes.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)519 : Me þuncheþ þat ich mai flen as an ern.
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)407/160 : Þe Ern is swiftest of alle foules and hext he may fleo.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)37 : Kiðen i wille ðe ernes kinde.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)572 : Þat him ne hauede grip or ern [rime: kinges bern].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4397 : An ern in stude of is baner he sette vp of golde.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3880 : A real pauiloun he þer seye Wiþ an eren [Cai: heron] of gold an heye.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)61 : Blondere and Misziggere..habbeþ..clauen of arn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13444 : For-þi to þe arn [Trin-C: ern] lickest es he.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21338 : Ern [Frf: erne] til heuen takand his flight.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)102.5 : Als erne þi yhouthe be newed sal.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)537 : Hernez and havekez to þe hyȝe rochez, þe hole-foted fowle to þe flod hyȝez.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10202 : In þo roches foules reste, & ernes brede, & make þer neste.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2284 : The pauylyon with the golden herne [vr. erne].
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)35 : As þe eerne clepynge hise briddis.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)102.5 : Newid sall be as of aryn thi ȝouth hede.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)196 : An ern com fly, And bar her to chylderen euene Vp to þe sky.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)261/11 : For Marke a lyon..for Ion an eron.
2.
ern-heued, colored like an eagle.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1698 : Erne-hwed he watz, and al overbrawden.