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  • Fleáh sum earn ætforan him (

    Cuthbert

    ) on síðe . . . Hé cwæð: 'God mæg unc þurh þisne earn ǽt foresceáwian' . . . Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . . 'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . . Syle swáðeáh sumne dǽl ðám earne tó edleáne his geswinces,
      Hml. Th. ii. 138, 30-140, 8.
  • Þonne him þynce ꝥ his earn éhte, þæt bið deáð,

      Lch. iii. 168, 20.
  • Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu styrmendum wederum, ꝥ him þá stormas derian ne mahan,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 4.
  • Þæs earnes gelícnys belimpð tó Jóhanne, for ðan þe se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, and mæg starian on þǽre sunnan leóman,

      Hml. S. 15, 198: Jn. 1, heading. Tó earnes beáme, C. D. ii. 73, 25.
  • On earnes beorh, iii. 427, 18. (Earn

    occurs in many local names,

    v.
      C. D. vi. 282, col. 2.)
    Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184.
  • Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað,

      Lch. iii. 214, 11.
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