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geómrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]
Wright's OE grammar
§121; §536;
To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail; gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri
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  • Se ðe á wile geómrian on gihða

    who for ever will mourn in spirit,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 701
      • ;
    • Sal. 350
      • .

  • Béna geómrigende we asendaþ

    prĕces gĕmentes fundĭmus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 21, 13
      • .

  • Gáþ geómriende weras wíf samod

    men and women together go sorrowing,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3328
      • ;
    • An. 1667
      • :
    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 497, 35
      • :
    • Gen. 42, 38
      • :
    • Mk. Bos. 5, 38
      • :
    • 8, 12
      • .

  • Geómerigende

    mourning,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 42
      • .

  • Gé, geómrende, gehðum mǽnaþ

    ye, murmuring, grieve in spirit,

    • Exon. 9 a
      • :
    • Th. 6, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 90: 48 a
      • ;
    • Th. 164, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 1021
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  • Ic geómrige

    gĕmo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3
      • ;
    • Som. 30, 58
      • .

  • Hí murcniaþ oððe geómriaþ

    murmŭrābunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 58, 17
      • .

  • Hí geómeriaþ

    they murmur,

    • Homl. Th. i. 142, 17
      • .

  • Ides geómrode giddum

    the lady bewailed in songs,

    • Beo. Th. 2240
      • ;
    • B. 1118
      • .

  • On ðone heofon behealdende, geómrode

    suspĭciens in cœlum, ingĕmuit,

    • Mk. Bos. 7, 34
      • :
    • Jn. Bos. 11, 33, 38
      • .

  • Ne geómra ðú

    be not thou sad,

    • Cd. l00
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2198
      • .
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v.  gémerian gímran geómerian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geómrian.” 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/15504.

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