Ge-earnung
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-earnung
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-earnung
- Add: I. merit, desert :-- Swungen oþ ꝥ hé swylte, swá his geearnung wæs. Bl. H. 193, 4. Geearnuncg, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Be jeearnunga ánra gehwelcre according to the merit of each one, Met. 20, 128. His geearnunga þǽr wǽron oft beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, 11. Æfter heora geearnunga anddyfene, R. Ben. 13, 7. Þurh Óswaldes ; eearuungum, Hml. S. 26, 39, 108. Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum (its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32. Ðá habbað swíðe misleca geearnunga, Past. 95, 8. Þurh Sce UNCERTAIN Ælféges hálgan gegearnunga, Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, 8. II. action that deserves gratitude :-- Gif hí þá geearnunga eallegemundon þe hé him tó duguðe gedón hæfde, By. 196.