ÖRN
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m., gen. arnar, dat. erni, pl. ernir, acc. örnu; in mod. usage the word has become fem. örn, arnar, örn, pl. nom. acc. arnir; örn is like björn, an enlarged form from ari, q. v.: [A. S. earn; Chaucer erne; Dan. örn]:—an eagle; erninum, Bs. i. 350; örno ok hrafna, Grág. ii. 346, K. Þ. K. 136; snapir örn á aldinn mar, a saying, Hm. 62; seðja örnu, Hkv. 1. 35; gunni at heyja ok glaða örnu, id.; drúpir örn yfir, Gm.; er á asklimum ernir sitja, Hkv. 2. 48; falla forsar, flýgr örn yfir, Vsp. 58: mythical, örn gól árla, Hkv. Hjörv. 6 (an eagle telling the fate to a young hero): the eagle is the bird of the giants, jötunn í arnarham, Vþm., cp. the legend of giant Þjazi: arnar-flaug, f. eagle’s flight, as an ‘omen’ boding battle; nú er arnar-flaug; of vangi, Edda (in a verse): arnar-leir, m., Gd. 2; see leir II.
II. Örn, as a pr. name, and Örn-ólfr, Veðr-örn: of a woman, Arna. III. = blóð-örn, q. v.; rista örn á baki e-m, Hkr. i. 108, Fas. i. 292, Skv. 2. 26.
COMPDS: arnar-hamr, -kló, -fjöðr, -vængr, m. an eagle’s skin, … wing, Edda 13, 46, Fas. iii. 653, Stj. arnar-hreiðr, n. an eyrie. arnar-ungi, m. a young eagle, Sturl. iii. 185.