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gyrn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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gyrn, es; n.
Grief, affliction, trouble, evil, calamity, injury
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  • Me biþ gyrn witod

    grief will be appointed me,

    • Exon. 104 b
      • ;
    • Th. 396, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 6
      • .

  • Gyrn æfter gomene

    grief after joy,

    • Beo. Th. 3554
      • ;
    • B. 1775
      • .

  • Alýsed of leódhete of gyrme

    rescued from the popular hate, from calamity,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2301
      • ;
    • An. 1152: 3168
      • ;
    • An. 1587
      • .

  • He gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn sefaþ

    mournfully he cries out, sighs forth his grief,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 536
      • ;
    • Sat. 267.

  • Gyrn þurh gástgedál

    affliction through death,

    • Exon. 45 a
      • ;
    • Th. 153, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 834
      • .

  • Gyldaþ nú mid gyrne ðæt heó goda ussa meaht forhogde

    requite now with evil her contempt of our gods' might,

    • 74 b.
      • ,
    • Th. 279, 25
      • ;
    • Jul. 619.

  • Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon

    for that the children greviously paid,

    • 61 b
      • ;
    • Th. 226, 23.

  • Wíta unrím grimra gyrna

    torments numberless, grim troubles,

    68 a;
    • Th. 252, 34
      • ;
    • Jul. 173: 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 129, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 417.
      • .
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. gornword
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gyrn.” 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/17766.

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