EARNIAN
- verb [ weak ]
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Byþ geseald ðære þeóde ðe hys earnaþ it shall be given to the nation which deserves it, Mt. Bos. 21, 43, Hú monna gehwylc earnode éces lífes
how every man merited eternal life,
- Exon. 23 a ;
- Th. 65, 9;
- Cri. 1052 .
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Ðá he ne earnade elles wuhte
when he did not earn anything else,
- Bt. Met. Fox 9, 39;
- Met. 9, 20.
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Gé ðæs earnedon
ye merited this,
- Exon. 27 b ;
- Th. 83, 2;
- Cri. 1350 .
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Uton we friþes earnian
let us merit peace,
98 a;- Th. 366, 17;
- Reb. 13 .
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He hæfþ ðæt ðæt he earnaþ
he has that which he earns,
- Bt. 37, 2;
- Fox 188, 6.
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/8683.
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