Obs. rare. [app. ME. eorne, OE. ʓeorne eagerly, anxiously; cf. EARN v.3] Earnestly, longingly.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 44. Crieð him eorne merci & forgiuenesse.
1656. Trapp, Comm. Matt. vii. 11. 146. Who doubts but they prayed earn and earnestly, when they were in Bocardo.
Earn, var. form of ERNE, eagle.
