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georn-ful

  • adjective
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georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent; sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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  • On orde stód Eádweard, gearo and geornful

    Edward stood in the array, ready and eager,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 54
      • ;
    • By. 274
      • .

  • Geornfull ðú eart

    sollĭcĭta es,

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 41
      • .

  • Wæs he on willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord and geornfull

    erat orātiōnum devōtiōni sollertissĭme intentus,

    • Bd. 4, 28
      • ;
    • S. 606, 34
      • .

  • Ðæt he swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde him ða hǽla úre þeóde

    tam sēdŭlam erga sălūtem nostræ gentis cūram gessĕrit,

    • 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 3
      • :
    • Hymn. Surt. 49, 21
      • .

  • Geornfulle men

    diligent men,

    • Bt. 32, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 118, 10
      • .

  • Se is yfla gehwæs geornfulra ðonne ic

    who is more zealous than I for every evil,

    • Exon. 70 b
      • ;
    • Th. 261, 33
      • ;
    • Jul. 324
      • .

  • He wiste ðæt hý woldon georn-fulran beón ðære wrace, ðonne óðre men

    he knew that they would be more eager for revenge than others,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Bos. 47, 3
      • .
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v.  gearnfull.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “georn-ful.” 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/15580.

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