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weorþ-georn

  • adjective
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weorþ-georn, adj.
Desirous of honour, noble-minded, excellent
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  • Se wísa and se weorðgeorna and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde . . . Caton,

      Met. 10, 48.
  • Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tóslítaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 696; Sal. 347.

  • Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron (

    ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via

    ). Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan . . . hwý gé nellan ácsien æfter ðám wísum monnum and æfter ðám weorþgeornum . . . ðe ǽr eów wǽron . . . hí wunnon æftr wyrþscipe on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan,
      Bt. 40, 4; Fox 238, 28-240, 5.

  • Ða menn ðe on hiora dagum fore-mǽroste and weorþgeornoste wǽron

    clarissimos suis temporibus viros,

      18, 3; Fox 64, 36.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþ-georn.” 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/35313.

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