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  • Ic gecnyrdlǽce (gecneordlǽce, gecnerdlǽce,

    v.ll.)

    studeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 154, 5.
to study, endeavour earnestly
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  • Hycge hé and gecneordlǽce þæt hine mon lufian mæge swíþor þonne ondrǽdan

    studeat plus amari quam timeri,

    • R. Ben. 121, 11.

  • Gecneordlǽcan

    exercere i. studere (afféctum erga suorum obsequia principum ),

    • An. Ox. 241.
to study, examine carefully
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  • Gecneordlǽcaþ

    scrutamini,

    • An. Ox. 1086.
to study, apply oneself to learning
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  • Hé gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum ( he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers ), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18.

  • Tó þysum twám wífmannum áwrát Hieronimus menigfealde trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swíðe gecneord-lǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum,

    • i. 436, 11
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cneordlǽcan.” 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/47481.

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