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desire, eagerness
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  • Hí nǽron mid gecnyrdnysse ǽniges reáfláces getogen,

    • Hml. Th. i. 586, 3.

  • Hí gehýraþ mid micelre gecneordnesse

    audiant incredibili studio,

    • R. Ben. 138, 4.

  • Gecneordnesse ꝥ geornfulnesse,

    • An. Ox. 295.
diligence, earnest endeavour
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  • Þone ðe hí lufedon on lífe, þám hí woldon deádum mid menniscre gecneordnysse ðénian,

    • Hml. Th. i. 220, 32.

  • On ǽlcum wíghúse wǽron þrittig manna feohtende mid cræfte and mid gecneordnesse farende,

    • Hml. S. 25, 563.

  • Þurh gecnyrdnysse háligra gebeda,

    • Hml. Th. i. 118, 7: ii. 124, 26.

  • Æfter nearoðancum gecneorþnissa (

    studiorum

    ) heora ágyld him,
    • Ps. Rdr. 27, 4: 98, 8.

  • Hé forgifð ðá gástlican geðincðu ǽlcum be his gecneordnyssum,

    • Hml. Th. i. 346, 31.
study, careful examination. Cf. ge-cneordlǽcan,
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  • Þyssum gecneordnessum

    his argumentis, i. studiis,

    • An. Ox. 2290.

  • Gecneordnessa, smeáunga

    argumenta,

    • 3127
    .
study of a scholar
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  • Leorninghúses gecneor[d]nesse gymnasii studio,

    • An. Ox. 3224.
a study, a subject studied, an art practised
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    Mé áwehton þá gecneordnessa þe ic girstandæg gehýrde

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    • Ap. Th. 19, 6.

  • Bóclicum láreówdómum, gecneordnessum

    liberalibus studiis, i. exercitiis,

    • An. Ox. 3100.
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v. un-gecnirdness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cneordnes.” 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/47483.

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