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ge-earnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od
To earn, deserve, enjoy; mereri, promereri, frui
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  • Ic ge-earnige

    mereor,

    ðú ge-earnast

    mereris,

    he ge-earnaþ

    meretur,

    ic ge-earnode

    merui vel meritus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 64, 65 : 33
      • ;
    • Som. 36, 49
      • .

  • Ðæt heó ðý éþ meahte ðæt éce ríce in heofonum geearnian

    quo facilius perpetuam in cælis patriam posset mereri,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian

    that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium],

    • Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23
      • .

  • Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen

    they cannot deserve that ye should admire them,

    • Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8
      • .

  • He geearnode

    meruit,

    • Bd. 4. 23; S. 593. 6
      • .

  • He hí hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga

    he has earned her by his harping,

    • Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7
      • .
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v.  ge-gearnian ge-ærnian ge-arnian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-earnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14179.

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