Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. & i. [See 1st {Yearn}.]
   To grieve. [Obs.]
   
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Earn \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th {Yearn}.]
   To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
   
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         And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
         To prove his puissance in battle brave.  --Spenser.
   
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Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See {Rennet},
   and cf. {Yearnings}.]
   To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), n. (Zo["o]l.)
   See {Ern}, n. --Sir W. Scott.
   
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Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned} ([~e]rnd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n
   to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis
   hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
   1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that
      which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is
      received or not).
      
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            The high repute
            Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton.
      
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   2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve
      and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good
      living; to earn honors or laurels.
      
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            I earn that [what] I eat.             --Shak.
      
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            The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or
            the sweat of my brow.                 --Burke.
      
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   {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the
      assistance of errors on the opposing side.

   Syn: See {Obtain}.
        
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