ernen

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

arne, erne
earniæn, earnin, ernien (Early Middle English)

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)

To earn (to accrue or receive payments)
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	erned
imperative singular	erne	—

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

“ē̆rnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Verb

ernen

Alternative form of rennen (“to run”)

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