earn

name

1. Initialism of European Academic and Research Network: a former computer network connecting universities and research institutions across Europe.

noun

1. Alternative form of erne

   “They gleamed on many a dusky tarn , Haunted by the lonely earn”

verb

Etymology: A variant of yearn.

1. To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).

   “And ever as he rode, his hart did earne / To prove his puissance in battell brave.”

2. To grieve.

   “[M]y manly heart doth erne. […] Boy, briſsle thy Courage vp: For Falſtaffe hee is dead, and wee muſt erne therefore.”