# perne

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/perne