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meornan

  • verb [ strong ]
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meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen
To care, feel anxiety, trouble one's self about anything, reck
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  • Nalles for ealdre mearn

    he recked not of life,

    • Beo. Th. 2889
      • ;
    • B. 1442.

  • Nalas for fǽhþe mearn

    for fear of the feud was not troubled,

    • 3079
      • ;
    • B. 1537.

  • Nó mearn fore fyrene

    he cared not for the crime he committed,

    • 273
      • ;
    • B. 136.

  • Lyt ǽnig mearn ðæt hié út geferedon dýre máðmas

    little anxiety did any feel about bringing out the precious treasures,

    • 6250
      • ;
    • B. 3129.

  • Wódon wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon (

    cared nought for water

    ),
    • Byrht. Th. 134, 39
      • ;
    • By. 96.
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v. be-meornan and murnan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “meornan.” 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/22638.

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