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eornost

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adverb
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eornost, es; n. (not f.)
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  • Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and steðefæst módstaþol . . . bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 318, 37
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  • Ne healde gé mid suelcum eorneste

    (studio)

    ðá heorde suelce hirdas scoldon,

    • Past. 89, 14
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  • Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost. Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe,

    • Hml. A. 48, 582-4
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  • Hé mid geleáfan clipode on his eornost tó Gode,

    • Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 11, 38
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  • Eornisti (-esti, -ęsti)

    serio

    (the form might be instrumental adjective),
    • Txts. 97, 1845
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¶ on eornost
in earnest, seriously
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  • On eornyst

    serio,

    • An. Ox. 7, 203
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  • Git mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 348, 24
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  • Ús eallum tó woruldscame, gyf wé on eornost ǽnige cúðan

    to the shame of'us all, if we really could feel any,

    • Wlfst. 163, 8
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with weakened force,
indeed.
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Cf. eornostlíce
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  • Sóðlíce on eornost ic eów secge

    amen quippe dico vobis,

    • Mt. 17, 20.
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v. eornoste; adv.
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v.  eornoste.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eornost.” 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/44127.

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  • eornost, n.; adv.

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