Definitions For Pern

Etymology 1

Presumably from a verb , pern, a variant of preen, from {{etyl, enm, en}} prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn, , reel; bobbin.Charles Moorman, The Works of the Gawain-Poet (1977), {{ISBN, 978-1-60473-409-6}}, . See also pirl.

Noun

PERN (plural PERNs) part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle

Derived terms

perne v.(?) (Yeats) perning (Yeats)

Etymology 2

19th century, after the taxonomical name Pernis (Cuvier 1816).

Noun

PERN (plural PERNs) A honey buzzard; pernis apivorus.

Translations

honey buzzard

Etymology 3

See pernancy.

Verb

{{en-verb}} To take profit of; to make profitable. : (Sylvester)