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English
Etymology
Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.
Verb
perne (third-person singular simple present pernes, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)
- To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin perna (“mussel”).
Noun
perne f (plural pernes)
- a kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida)
Further reading
Latin
Verb
pernē
- second-person singular present active imperative of perneō
Tocharian B
Etymology
From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.
Noun
perne
- power, rank, stage
- glory