English

Verb

perne ‎(third-person singular simple present pernes, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)

1. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
   • 1928, William Butler Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium", in The Tower:

     […] / Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, / […]

French

Etymology

From Latin perna ‎(“mussel”)

Noun

perne f ‎(plural pernes)

1. A kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida)

Latin

Verb

pernē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of perneō

Tocharian B

Etymology

From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.

Noun

perne

1. power, rank
2. glory