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geómor

  • noun
  • adjective
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Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§51; §121; §268; §431;
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched; tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser
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  • Him wæs geómor sefa

    his mind was sad,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1251; El. 627: Beo. Th. 98; B. 49.

  • He ðǽr ána sæt, geoðum geómor

    he sat there alone, sad of mind,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010.

  • Ic of grundum to ðé geómur cleopode

    de profundis clāmāvi ad te,

      Ps. Th. 129, 1.

  • Ðæt wæs geómuru ides

    that was a mournful woman,

      Beo. Th. 2155; B. 1075.

  • Ðeós geómre lyft

    this murmuring air,

      Cd. 163; Th. 205, 4; Exod. 430.

  • Dust ne mæg andsware ǽnige gehátan geómrum gáste

    the dust cannot give any answer to the sad spirit,

    Soul
      Kmbl. 211; Seel. 108: Apstls. Kmbl. 178; Ap. 89.

  • Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe

    when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove,

      Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22.

  • He wæg hyge geómurne

    he bare a mournful spirit,

    52 a;
      Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.

  • In ðas geómran woruld

    in this sad world,

    57 b;
      Th. 207, 10; Ph. 139: 63a; Th. 232, 35; Ph. 517.

  • Geómran stefne

    with mournful voice,

      Andr. Kmbl. 122; An. 61: 2254; An. 1128.

  • Geómre gástas

    sad spirits,

      Cd. 4; Th. 5, 9; Gen. 69: 166; Th. 206, 5; Exod. 447.

  • Geómrum to geóce

    for salvation to the sad,

      Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 27; Cri. 124.
Etymology
[Laym. ȝeomere doleful, miserable: O. Sax. jámar depressed, sad, sorrowful: Dut. jammer, n. misery: Ger. jammer, m. misery: M. H. Ger. jámer, ámer, m. pity: O. H. Ger. jámar, ámar, m. mĭsĕria.]
Derived forms
DER. fela-geómor, hyge-, mód-, síþ-, wine-.
Linked entries
v.  geómur giómor geómor-gid.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “geómor.” 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/15498.

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  • geómor, n.; adj.

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