kerne
- a variation of kern.
Example Sentences
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But could those 'idle kerne and swordsmen,' thus punished with loss of lands and home for the crimes of their chief, be safely trusted to remain anywhere in the neighbourhood of the new English settlers?
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James
"They shall now serve for an Irish kerne."
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
In a few days all Kerry and Limerick were up, and the woods between Mallow and the Shannon 'were swarming with howling kerne.'
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James
The insurgent leaders and the dangerous kerne having been effectually cleared off in various ways, the whole territory of Inishown was overrun by the king's troops.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James
A kerne was caught carrying a bundle of withies on the outskirts of the English camp.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
