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EARN

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EARN, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
An eagle; aquĭla
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  • Se earn

    the eagle,

    • Herb. 31,
    • 2;
    • Lchdm. i. 128,
    • 10.
  • Earn

    aquĭla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 36
    • ;
    • Som. 62,
    • 107;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29, 5: 62, 1: 77, 12: 280,
    • 1.
  • Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ, swá he tobrǽdde his feðeru

    sīcut aquĭla provŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et super eos vŏlĭtans expandit ālas suas,

    • Deut. 32,
    • 11.
  • Úrigfeðera earn sang ahóf

    the dewy-feathered eagle raised his song,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 58
    • ;
    • El. 29: 222
    • ;
    • El. 111: Judth. 11
    • ;
    • Thw. 24,
    • 27;
    • Jud. 210: Byrht. Th. 134,
    • 60;
    • By. 107: Exon. 111 a
    • ;
    • Th. 426,
    • l;
    • Rä. 41,
    • 67.
  • Biþ ge-edniwad swylce earnes geógeþ ðín

    renŏvābĭtur ut aquĭlæ juventus tua,

    • Ps. Lamb. 102,
    • 5.
  • Earnes brid

    an eagle's young,

    • Exon. 59 a
    • ;
    • Th. 214,
    • 7;
    • Ph. 235
    • .
  • Earnes mearh

    an eagle's marrow,

    • Lchdm. iii. 14,
    • 24.
  • Se wonna hrefn fela earne secgan

    the dark raven [shall] say much to the eagle,

    • Beo. Th. 6044
    • ;
    • B. 3026: Exon. 59 a
    • ;
    • Th. 214,
    • 12;
    • Ph. 338: Ps. Th. 102,
    • 5.
  • Ic onhyrge ðone haswan earn

    I imitate the dusky eagle,

    • Exon. 106 b
    • ;
    • Th. 406,
    • 21;
    • Rä. 25, 4: Chr. 937
    • ;
    • Erl. 115,
    • 12;
    • Æðelst. 63
    • .
  • Swá hwǽr swá hold byþ, ðæder beóþ earnas gegaderode

    ubicumque fuĕrit corpus, illic congrĕgābuntur et aquĭlæ,

    • Mt. Bos. 24,
    • 28.
  • Cómon earnas on flyhte

    eagles came in flight,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1725, An. 865
    • .
  • He sende blódige earnas

    he sent bloody eagles,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 943
    • ;
    • Sal. 471
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. erne:
R. Glouc. ern:
Laym. ærn, erne:
Orm. ærn:
Scot. ern, erne, eirne, earn:
Plat. arend, aarn, aarnd:
Dut. arend, m:
Ger. aar, m:
M. H. Ger. arn, m:
O. H. Ger. arn, aro, m:
Goth. ara, m;
Dan. örn, m. f:
Swed. Icel. örn, m
.]
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v.  ern here-fugol.
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