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erna

1 erna, ~esium [ME, AN ernes, OF erre < arra] , earnest money, pledge. V. et. arra. 11‥ si burgensis aliquid forum vel aliquem mercem emerit et hernas dederit Borough Cust. I 217; 1221 si ‥ homines emerint bladum aut aliam mercandisam, ubi ernes dederint, nullus inde eos perturbabit SelPlCrown 98; 1279 pro qua lana dicti mercatores solverunt ‥ religiosis in errestum [sic] pre manibus mille marcas bonorum sterlingorum LTR Mem 52 m. 13; 1322 recepit unum denarium racione ~esii super vendicionem FormA 91.
2 erna [cf. ἀρήν, acc.ἄρνα] , ewe lamb. hec ~a, A. a hewlambe WW.
3 erna [ME ern] , erne, white-tailed eagle (Haliaetus). pygargus Anglorum lingua, nisi fallar, ~a vocatur Turner Av. B 6.

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