verb

• (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
  "You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well."
• (transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
  "He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.  My bank account is only earning one percent interest."
• (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
  "Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent."
• (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
  "My CD earns me six percent!"

verb

• (transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
• (intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.

verb

• (transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
  "And ever as he rode, his hart did earne / To prove his puissance in battell brave."
• (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.
  "[M]y manly heart doth erne. […] Boy, briſsle thy Courage vp: For Falſtaffe hee is dead, and wee muſt erne therefore."