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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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v. gryn.
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v.  gyr.
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