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geómor

  • noun
  • adjective
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Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§51; §121; §268; §431;
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched; tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser
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  • Him wæs geómor sefa

    his mind was sad,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1251
    • ;
    • El. 627
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 98
    • ;
    • B. 49
    • .
  • He ðǽr ána sæt, geoðum geómor

    he sat there alone, sad of mind,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2015
    • ;
    • An. 1010
    • .
  • Ic of grundum to ðé geómur cleopode

    de profundis clāmāvi ad te,

    • Ps. Th. 129, 1
    • .
  • Ðæt wæs geómuru ides

    that was a mournful woman,

    • Beo. Th. 2155
    • ;
    • B. 1075
    • .
  • Ðeós geómre lyft

    this murmuring air,

    • Cd. 163
    • ;
    • Th. 205, 4
    • ;
    • Exod. 430
    • .
  • Dust ne mæg andsware ǽnige gehátan geómrum gáste

    the dust cannot give any answer to the sad spirit,

    • Soul Kmbl. 211
    • ;
    • Seel. 108
    • :
    • Apstls. Kmbl. 178
    • ;
    • Ap. 89
    • .
  • Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe

    when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove,

    • Exon. 123 b
    • ;
    • Th. 473, 29
    • ;
    • Bo. 22
    • .
  • He wæg hyge geómurne

    he bare a mournful spirit,

    • 52 a
    • ;
    • Th. 182, 15
    • ;
    • Gú. 1310
    • .
  • In ðas geómran woruld

    in this sad world,

    • 57 b
    • ;
    • Th. 207, 10
    • ;
    • Ph. 139: 63a
    • ;
    • Th. 232, 35
    • ;
    • Ph. 517
    • .
  • Geómran stefne

    with mournful voice,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 122
    • ;
    • An. 61: 2254
    • ;
    • An. 1128
    • .
  • Geómre gástas

    sad spirits,

    • Cd. 4
    • ;
    • Th. 5, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 69: 166
    • ;
    • Th. 206, 5
    • ;
    • Exod. 447
    • .
  • Geómrum to geóce

    for salvation to the sad,

    • Exon. 9 b
    • ;
    • Th. 8, 27
    • ;
    • Cri. 124
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. ȝeomere doleful, miserable
:
O. Sax. jámar depressed, sad, sorrowful
:
Dut. jammer, n. misery
:
Ger. jammer, m. misery
:
M. H. Ger. jámer, ámer, m. pity
:
O. H. Ger. jámar, ámar, m. mĭsĕria
.]
Derived forms
fela-geómor, hyge-, mód-, síþ-, wine-
Linked entries
v.  giómor geómor-gid geómur.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • geómor, n.; adj.