Lerne
- a variation of Lerna.
Example Sentences
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This Hydra," he says, "nourished in the marshes of Lerne, went forth into the open country and destroyed the herds of the land.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
I beg your pardon, sir, but it is Mr. Yolland they say has blowed himself up with his experiments, and all the old 'Dragon's Head' in Lerne Street, and he is buried under the ruins.
From My Young Alcides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"Love!" replies Nature: "Lerne to love," quod Kynde · "and leve of alle othre."
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
Besides, at the same early period, under the almost homonym of “corragh,” it floated—still floats—on the waters of the Lerne, far west of anywhere the Romans ever went.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
Lerne, or Lerna, the reputed home of the Hydra, was a port of Southern Greece, situated at the head of the Gulf of Nauplia, and between the existing towns of Argos and Tripolitza.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
