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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.

  • 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.  geómerian gémerian gímran.
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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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