Erne | Word Erne at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

And then passed through the open casement as an erne to his eyrie goes.
Do taidh - bhreadn da jgach neach \ each erne dreamed: viz. there appeared me - to each,
Up that creek we ran, or rather paddled, therefore, knee deep in mud, but quite unseen by any but the great erne that fled over us crying.
And this was terrible, that over the host wheeled erne and raven and kite, as knowing to what feast the flapping of yon Raven banner called them.

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She wanted to "earn" (to receive payment for one's labor) praise by carving an "erne" (a European eagle) into the marble "urn" (a vase used as a receptacle for cremated ashes).

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