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gnornan

  • verb [ weak ]
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gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od
To grieve, mourn, be sad, bewail, lament; mœrere
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  • Ic gnornige

    mereo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 36, 49
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 54, 2
      • .

  • Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast

    scio certissime quare mæres,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 42
      • .

  • Gnornaþ

    he grieves,

    • Exon. 82 b
      • ;
    • Th. 311, 14
      • ;
    • Seef. 92
      • :
    • 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 178, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 1240
      • .

  • Gif hí fulle ne beóþ fela gnorniaþ

    si non fuerint saturati, et murmurabunt,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 15
      • .

  • Ðæt wíf gnornode

    the woman mourned,

    • Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 770
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 2239
      • ;
    • B. 1117
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2518
      • ;
    • El. 1260
      • .

  • Swá gnornedon godes andsacan

    thus lamented God's adversaries,

    • Cd. 219
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 280
      • :
    • Exon. 38 b
      • ;
    • Th. 128, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 400
      • .

  • Ne scyle nán wís monn forhtigan ne gnornian

    no wise man ought to fear or lament,

    • Bt. 40, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 238, 8
      • :
    • Cd. 219
      • ;
    • Th. 281, 19
      • ;
    • Sat. 274
      • .

  • Sceoldon wræcmæcgas ofgiefan gnornende gréne beorgas

    the exiles, sorrowing, must give up the green hills,

    • Exon. 35 b
      • ;
    • Th. 116, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 203
      • :
    • 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 142, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 651
      • .

  • He férde gnornigende

    abiit mærens,

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 22
      • .

  • Geómor and gnorngende

    sad and sorrowing,

    • Blickl. Homl. 113, 29
      • :
    • Cd. 39
      • ;
    • Th. 52, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 841
      • .

  • Gnorniende cynn

    a mourning race,

    • 216
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 9
      • ;
    • Sat. 134
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 101, 4
      • .

  • Geonge for ðé gnornendra care ðara ðe on feterum fæste wǽran

    intret in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum,

    • 78, 11
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gnornon.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gnornan.” 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/17284.

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