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geornful-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion; sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio
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  • Sió geornfulnes [giornfulnes, MS. Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga

    the eagerness for earthly things blinds the eyes of the mind with temptation,

    • Past. 18, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 128, 15
      • ;
    • Cot. MS.

  • Ðeós geornfulnyss

    hæc dīlĭgentia,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Som. 45, 6
      • .

  • He geornlíce gýmde ðæt he to lufan and to geornfulnesse awehte gódra dǽda

    ad dilectiōnem vero et sollertiam bŏnæ actiōnis excitāre curābat,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 598, 19
      • :
    • 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 632, 8
      • .

  • Ðá he ðá se cyning his gelǽrednysse and his geornfulnysse geseah

    cujus erudĭtiōnem atque industriam videns rex,

    • 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 529, 46
      • .

  • Mid mycelre geornfulnesse

    devōtiōne magna,

    • 3, 30
      • ;
    • S. 562, 3
      • :
    • L. Edg. i. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 264, 22
      • .

  • Ðone pipor ða næddran healdaþ on heora geornfulnysse

    piper quod serpentes servant sua industria,

    • Nar. 34, 22
      • .
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v.  eornfullnes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geornful-nes.” 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/15582.

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