Noun: earn
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | earn |
| Plural | earnas |
Genitive
| Singular | earnes |
| Plural | earna |
Dative
| Singular | earne |
| Plural | earnum |
Accusative
| Singular | earn |
| Plural | earnas |
Sample Sentences
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…Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song, þǣr iċ glado sitte. (…Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24:]
Nouns inflected like earn
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *arnu.
Verbs referencing "earn"
English Nouns
eagle, English Nouns
erne, Latvian Nouns
ērglis, Gothic Nouns
𐌰𐍂𐌰, Ancient Greek Nouns
ὄρνεον, Middle English Nouns
ern.
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