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perne

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See also: perné

English

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Etymology

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Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.

Verb

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perne (third-person singular simple present pernes, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)

  1. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin perna (mussel).

Noun

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perne f (plural pernes)

  1. a kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida)

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Latin

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Verb

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pernē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of perneō

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.

Noun

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perne

  1. power, rank, stage
  2. glory