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georne

  • adverb
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Grammar
georne, giorne, gyrne; comp. geornor; superl. geornost, geornast; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well; cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne
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  • Ðæt fýr georne aséceþ innan and útan eorþan sceátas

    the fire shall eagerly seek within and without the tracts of earth,

      Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 20; Cri. 1004: Cd. 29; Th. 38, 15; Gen. 606.

  • Ic him georne ðæs unrihtes andsæc fremede

    I earnestly made denial to their injustice,

      Elen. Kmbl. 940; El. 471: 1197; El. 600: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 4; Gen. 2268: 137; Th. 172, 19; Gen. 2846.

  • He sóhte georne æfter grunde

    he sought diligently along the ground,

      Beo. Th. 4577; B. 2294: Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 11; Gú, 777: 57 a; Th. 204, 4; Ph. 92.

  • He befran hí georne hwænne se steorra him æteówde

    dīlĭgenter dĭdĭcit ab eis tempus stellæ, quæ appāruit eis,

      Mt. Bos. 2, 7: Ps. Th. 76, 6: 131, 5.

  • Hæleþ hinfúse hýrdon to georne wráðum wǽrlogan

    the death-devoted men too readily listened to the furious pledge-breaker,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1224; An. 612: Exon. 34 a; Th. 109, 24; Gú. 95.

  • Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan

    he began gladly to proclaim the Lord's law,

      Elen. Kmbl. 398; El. 199: Cd. 32; Th. 42, 26; Gen. 679.

  • Hit gódode georne

    it prospered well,

      Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 13, 16: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 61; Met, 20, 31: 21, 39; Met. 21, 20.

  • Geornor we woldon iówra Rómána bismora beón forsúgiende we would more willingly be silent about the shame of you Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 22: 3, 1; Bos. 53, 14, Swá he geornost mǽge

    as he best may,

      Bt. Met. Fox 27, 58; Met. 27, 29.

  • Geornast

    most diligently,

      Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 25; Gu. 328.
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v.  giorne gyrne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “georne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15577.

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  • georne, adv.

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