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earnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to labour for, strive after (
with gen., or prep, or clause)
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  • Eádig eorl écan dreámes, heofona hámes earnað on elne, oð þæt ende cymeð dógorrímes,

      Ph. 484.

  • Ǽlc hæfð be þám andefnum þe hé hǽr æfter æarnað,

      Solil. H. 65, 27.

  • Gé earnigaþ (-iaþ,

    v. l.

    ) þæs and forseóþ þá cræftas eówres ingeþonces,
      Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 23.

  • Þá þe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, earniaþ on eorþan écan lífes,

      Gú. 767.

  • Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest

    quid scire vis?,

      Solil. H. 14, 13.

  • Ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wilnaþ tó þǽre sóþan gesǽlþe tó cumenne, ðeáh hé ungelíce hiora earnige (-ien,

    v. l.) intentionem omnem voluntatis humanae, quae diversis studiis agitur, ad beatitudinem festinare,

      Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 21.

  • Þæt wé geornlíce earnian þæt wé Godes miltse habban móton,

      Wlfst. 180, 20.
to deserve as the reward of labour
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  • [Ear]naþ

    merebitur,

      An. Ox. 1338.

  • Sumum monnum God selleþ ǽgþer ge gód ge yfel gemenged, for þǽm hí ǽgþres earniaþ

    aliis mista quaedam, pro animorum qualitate, distribuit,

      Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 21.

  • Ic lyt earnode árna,

      Hy. 4, 48.

  • Earna þé ára,

      Gen. 2281.

  • Gyf wé ǽnige bóte gebídan sculan, þonne móte wé þæs tó Gode earnian bet þonne wé ǽr ðison dydon,

      Wlfst. 157, 3.

  • Wiþ þám þe hé mé healde swá ic earnian wille,

      Ll. Th. i. 178, 8.
to obtain as the reward of labour, to earn wages (
with acc. or clause)
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  • Ðú miht ongitan be þám þe nánne mon ne lyst þæs þinges þe hine lyst, ne þæs þe hé déþ, ac þæs þe hé mid þám earnaþ . . . Hú ne wást ðú ꝥ nán mon for þý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for þý þe hé mid þǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga. Sume mid þǽre ráde earniaþ ꝥ hié sién ðý hálran; sume earniaþ ꝥ hié sién þý cáfran

    si salutis causa quispiam velit equitare, non tam equitandi motum desiderat, quam salutis effectum,

      Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 1-8.

  • Ne suá wére losad ꝥte ǽrest earnade

    ut nec sic perderet quod prius meruerat,

      Mk. p. 2, 1.

  • Oxan hyrde mót earnian mid ðám scós and glófa him sylfum,

      Ll. Th. i. 438, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/43460.

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