perne

Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.

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, / […]

• neper, preen

From Latin perna (“mussel”)

perne f (plural pernes)

1. A kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida)

• “perne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

pernē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of perneō

From an Iranian language. Compare Tocharian A paräṃ.

perne

1. power, rank
2. glory