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-ern
- an adjective suffix occurring with names of directions:
northern; southern.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -ern1
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Example Sentences
I reckon it'll be a stuffed fox your chil'ern 'll hunt, Mr. Steeve; more straw in 'em than bow'ls.
I have a pig with a hole in it and if I ern enuf money next weak I will send it to you.
In early England it is clear that the prevalent crop was barley, for barn is the bere-ern or barley-house.
"Seems to me you picked up a lot of silly rot on this trip East, Ern," said Roger.
Of course I didn't confess my hu-mil-i-a-tion; I intimated that it was simply something a North-ern-er can't un-der-stand.
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