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ErnEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Shortening.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ernEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Alteration of erne.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ernEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metathetic variant of rinnan (“to run”). More at run.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗ernEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
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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