Associations to the word «Erne»

Wiktionary

ERNE, noun. (chiefly poetic) (dialectal) (scientific) An eagle.
ERNE, noun. An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

Dictionary definition

ERNE, noun. Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope