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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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Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “EARN.” 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/8677.

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