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Wright's OE grammar
§85; §91; §426;
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eager for,
desirous of something.
with gen.
of that which is to be done or to happen
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  • Ne beó nǽnig man níþa tó georn,

      Bl. H. 109, 28.

  • Mánbealwes georn,

      Dan. 45.

  • Is nú fús þider gǽst síðes georn,

      Gú. 1018: 1241: Bo. 41: B. 2783.

  • Wæs þǽre wífgifta guma georn on móde,

      Jul. 39.

  • Ic wæs symles willan þínes georn on móde

    I was ever eager in my heart to do thy will,

      An. 66: Gú. 839: El. 268.
of that which is to be got
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  • Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós,

      Bl. H. 43, 12.

  • Goddreáma georn gǽst,

      Gú. 1273.

  • Weorðmynda georn,

      Met. 1, 51.

  • Dómes georn,

      An. 961: Rä. 32, 16.

  • Earn ǽtes georn,

      Jud. 210.
with dat.
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  • Ic eom sídes fús . . . edleánan (= -um; or edleána? under
1 b) georn, Gú. 1051.
with clause,
eager to do
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  • Sceolan wé beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan, þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan,

      Bl. H. 33, 23.
diligent, zealous
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  • Mé míne ágen word sócon, and wiðer mé wǽran georne,

      Ps. Th. 55, 5.
  • II a. diligent about something (but see georne,
)
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  • Hú giorne (georne,

    v. l.

    ) hié wǽron ǽgðer ge ymb láre ge ymb liornunga, ge ymb ealle ðá ðiówotdómas ðe hié Gode dón scoldon,
      P. 3, 9.
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v. ciric-georn, druncen-georn, ést-georn, feoh-georn, féþe-georn, firenlust-georn, flít-georn, forþ-georn, friþ-georn, geflit-georn, gilp-georn, of-georn, teóþung-georn, unhearm-georn, weax-georn, wóh-georn, wróht-georn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/49216.

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