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geornes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
geornes, geornys, gyrnes, gyrnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§259;
Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour; industria, stŭdium
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  • Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse

    hujus industria rēgis,

      Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 30.
  • He hæfde swýðe mycle geornysse sibbe

    stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis hăbuit,

      Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 7: 3, 28; S. 560, 31.
  • Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest

    thou didst satisfy my longing with good,

      Blickl. Homl. 89, 4.
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v.  gyrnes.
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  • geornes, n.