ernen

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːrnən/, /ˈɛrnən/

Verb

ernen (third-person singular simple present erneth, present participle ernende, ernynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle erned)

  1. To earn (to accrue or receive payments)
  2. To earn (to merit or achieve what one merits)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ernen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) ernen, erne
present tense past tense
1st-person singular erne erned
2nd-person singular ernest ernedest
3rd-person singular erneth erned
subjunctive singular erne
imperative singular —
plural1 ernen, erne erneden, ernede
imperative plural erneth, erne —
participles ernynge, ernende erned

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: earn
  • Scots: earn

References

Etymology 2

Verb

ernen

  1. Alternative form of rennen (“to run”)
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