† aquerne Obs.
[OE. ácweorna, later ácwern, cogn. w. OHG. and mod.G. eichhorn, LG. êker-ken, MDu. êncoren, Du. eekhoren, eikhoren, inkhoren, ON. îkorni. Of unknown origin; in OE. and some other langs. the first syllable is identified with oak.]
A squirrel.
| a 800 Oldest Eng. Gl. (Sw.) Epinal 911, aqueorna; Erfurt, aquorna; Leiden 236, acurna; Cotton 1811, aqueorna. c 1000 ælfric Gl. (Wr. 22/2) Scirra, aquilinus, sciurus, acwern. c 1200 Moral Ode 363 Ne aquerne ne metheschele [v.r. ocquerne ne martres cheole] ne beuer ne sabeline. |