Gregorius
- noun [ masculine ]
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Gregorius se hálga pápa, Engliscre þeóde apostol, wæs of æðelborenre mǽgþe acenned.... Felix, se eáwfæsta pápa, wæs his fifta fæder.... Gregorius is Grécisc nama [ = Γρηγόριος watchful, from γρηγορέω I watch], se sweigþ on Lédenum gereorde, Uigilantius, ðæt is on Englisc Wacolre. Gregory the holy pope, the apostle of the English, was born of a noble family.... Felix, the pious pope, was his fifth father.... Gregorius is a Greek name which in the Latin tongue signifies Vigilantius,
that is in English
- Watchful, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 24; 118, 8, 12.
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Æt Gregories ǽrendracan
from Gregory's messenger,
- Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29.
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Augustínus cýdde ðam eádigan Gregorie, ðæt Angelcynn cristendóm underféng
Augustine announced to the blessed Gregory, that the English nation had received Christianity,
- 130, 24.
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Ðæt ðæt folc Gregorium to pápan gecoren hæfde
that the people had chosen Gregory for pope,
- 122, 31.
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Gregorius asende ǽrendracan to ðisum íglande.... Ðæra ǽrendracena naman synd,-Agustinus, Mellitus, Laurentius, Petrus, Iohannes, Iustus. Ðás láreówas asende se eádiga pápa Gregorius, mid manigum óðrum munecum, to Angelcynn.... Agustínus ðá mid his geférum ðæt synd gerehte feówertig ðe férdon be Gregories hǽse, óððæt hí becómon gesundfullíce to ðisum íglande
Gregory sent messengers to this island.... The names of these messengers are, Augustinus, Mellitus, Laurentius, Petrus, Johannes, Justus. These teachers the blessed pope Gregory sent, with many other monks, to the English nation.... Augustine then with his companions, who are reckoned at forty men, journeyed by Gregory's command, till they came safely to this island,
- Nat. S. Greg. Els. 28, 10-13; 28, 19-29, 6; 31, 15-32,
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Gregorius.” 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/17484.
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