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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ern \Ern\, Erne \Erne\, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend,
     OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and
     to Gr. ? bird. ???. Cf. {Ornithology}.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle
     ({Hali[ae]etus albicilla}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ern \Ern\, v. i. [Cf. {Erme}.]
     To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn.
  
     Note: [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of
           Shakespeare.] [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ern
       n : bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white
           tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: {erne}, {gray sea
           eagle}, {European sea eagle}, {white-tailed sea eagle}, {Haliatus
           albicilla}]

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