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earnung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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earnung, earning, e; f.
An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion; mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio
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  • For earnunge écan lífes

    for the reward of eternal life,

    • Hy. 6,
    • 26;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 286,
    • 26.
  • Hwylce earnung. uncre wǽron

    such deserts have been ours,

    • Exon. 100a
    • ;
    • Th. 377,
    • 3;
    • Seel. 166
    • .
  • Se gewuldorbeágaþ ðé on earnunga

    qui cŏrōnat te in miseratiōnĭbus,

    • Ps. Spl. 102,
    • 4.
Derived forms
ge-earnung
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v.  ærnung earning.
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