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pern¹

  • /pɜː(ɹ)n/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English 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”). See also pirl.

noun perns

  1. Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle. […] these yarns are to be wove in the usual way of weaving canvas, but the weft to come off the pern or quill double […]

pern²

  • /pɜː(ɹ)n/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

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

noun perns

  1. A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.

pern³

  • /pɜː(ɹ)n/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

See pernancy.

verb perns · perning · perned

  1. obsolete, transitive To take profit of; to make profitable. Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession

PERN⁴

proper noun

  1. A solution stack consisting of the PostgreSQL database, Express.js application controller layer, React JavaScript library, and Node.js JavaScript runtime.

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@misc{pern_2026,
  title = {pern},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pern},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}