eterne

American  

[ih-turn] / ɪˈtɜrn /

adjective

Archaic.

1. eternal.

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eterne British  

/ ɪˈtɜːn /

adjective

1. an archaic or poetic word for eternal

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Etymology

Origin of eterne

1325–75; Middle English < Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, equivalent to aev ( um ) age + -i- -i- + -ternus, extended form of -ernus suffix of temporal adjectives

Example Sentences

And since these are, likewise confess thou must That primal bodies are solid and eterne.

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery

Let him enjoy, who has no faith; eterne As earth, this truth!—Abstain, who faith can learn!

From The Poems of Schiller — Second period by Schiller, Friedrich

Progress eterne! thou goest hand in hand With Life eterne, and naught but death e'er dies.

From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.

By worde eterne whylom was hit shape That fro the fifte cercle, in no manere, Ne mighte a drope of teres doun escape.

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.

But if one only can blossom, that one is able to scatter Even a bright living world, filled with creations eterne.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich