Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
erned
simple past tense and past participle of ern
• Rende, derne, ender
Source: Wiktionary
Ern, Erne, n. Etym: [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. Ornithology.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).
Ern, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Erme.]
Definition: To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn.
Note: [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.] [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.