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where an effort has to be made,
with a will, in earnest
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  • Nó ic him þæs georne ætfealh,

      B. 968.

  • Geóca ús georne,

      Az. 12.
where a duty or business has to be done,
diligently
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  • Ic offylgde from fruma alle georne (

    diligenter

    ),
      Lk. L. R. 1, 3.

  • Diófolgield georne begán,

      Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 15.

  • Gelǽste man Godes gerihta georne ǽghwylce geáre, ꝥ is sulhælmessan .xv. niht on ufan Eástran . . .,

      Ll. Th. i. 306, 30: i. 168, 26.

  • Yrðe georne forðian,

      Angl. ix. 261, 21.

  • Ǽghwilc unriht áwurpe man georne of þisan earde,

      Ll. Th. i. 322, 12.

  • Gýme hé his crístendómes georne,

      310, 5: 304, 6.

  • Ǽghwilc crísten man unrihthǽmed georne forbúge,

      306, 24.

  • Beorge man georne ꝥ man þá sáwla ne forfare,

      304, 16.

  • Godes cyrican georne sécan,

      Bl. H. 47, 28.

  • Úre synna bétan georne,

      Wlfst. 266, 7.

  • Beó man georne ymbefriðes bóte,

      Ll. Th. i. 310, 22: 278, 13: ii. 290, 2.

  • Swá hé geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce,

      Wlfst. 155, 8.

  • Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne,

      Ll. Th. i. 330, 3: 358, 18.

  • Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge,

      376, 9: 310, 26.
  • Hé sceal beón ymbe sóme swá hé geornost mæg, ii. 312, 13.
where pains are taken to produce completeness,
carefully
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  • Friþaþ and fyrþraþ swíþe georne

    elaborat,

      Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 30.

  • Hé gyrede hine georne mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum,

      Gú. 148.
where there is a strong desire to attain an end or to produce an effect,
earnestly, pressingly (of a request, inquiry, injunction, &c.)
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  • Georne gefraignade

    sciscitabatur,

      Mt. L. 2, 4.

  • Georne geliornade

    diligenter didicit,

      Mt. L. R. 2, 7.

  • Biddan wé georne úrne Drihten,

      Bl. H. 25, 27: Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 13.

  • Loth him georne beád reste and gereorda (

    he pressed upon them greatly,

      Gen. 19, 3), Gen. 2440.

  • Crístene men wé lǽrað swíðe georne ꝥ . . .,

      Ll. Th. i. 372, 15: Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 28.
  • For eal crísten folc þingian georne, ii. 240, 4.

  • Hé má cégde and geornor bæd,

      Bl. H. 19, 12.
of thinking, examining, observing, listening, &c.,
carefully, attentively
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  • Maria georne (giorne, L.) sceówade in ðá byrgene

    Maria prospexit in monumentum,

      Jn. R. 20, 11.

  • Behealdað nú georne,

      Bl. H. 99, 18.

  • Ꝥ hé his ágene dǽda georne smeáge,

      109, 12: Ll. Th. i. 380, 13: 382, 5.

  • Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne ðurhsmúgan ealle ðá ðíng,

      Angl. ix. 259, 21.

  • Geþence hé swíðe georne,

      Ll. Th. i. 376, 18.

  • Wé ús sylfe geðencean and gemunon þonne geornost, þonne wé gehýron Godes béc rǽdan,

      Bl. H. 111, 16.
gladly, willingly
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  • Baloham ful georne féran wolde ðǽr hine mon bæd, ac his éstfulnesse witteáh se esol

    Balaam pervenire ad propositum tendit, sed ejus votum animal praepedit,

      Past. 255, 22.

  • Gife ic hit þé georne,

      Gen. 679.

  • Dó hé swá him þearf is, gebúge georne intó mynstre,

      Ll. Th. i. 306, 3.

  • Wé willað georne lufian and healdan

    gaudenter amplectimur,

      440, 22.

  • Ne hé him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrǽdað

    they are not willing to feel the fear of God,

      Ps. Th. 54, 20.

  • Hé geornor wolde sibbe þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 18. (6 a) of the course of events, happily, prosperously :-- Hit ágann mid heom gódian georne

    they began to have uninterrupted prosperity,

      Wlfst. 14, 14.
eagerly, zealously
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  • Frýnd synd hié míne georne,

      Gen. 287.
of the passage of time,
rapidly
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  • Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð

    it rapidly approaches the day of judgement,

      Wlfst. 18, 14, 17.
with verbs of knowing, believing, &c.,
well, thoroughly
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  • Hé wiste ful georne

    optime noverat,

      Gen. 39, 3.

  • Wé witan ful georne,

      Wlfst. 157, 7.

  • Mage wé wénan oþþe georne witan,

      Ll. Th. i. 238, 23.

  • Þone þe rǽdgeþeaht georne cúðe,

      El. 1163.

  • Ongitan giorne,

      Met. 29, 3.

  • Hí þæt ongeáton and georne gesáwon,

      By. 84.

  • Gereccan swá georne þone dǽl swá hé gearo stondeð,

      Dóm. 32.

  • Wé georne gelýfað,

      Cri. 753: Ps. Th. 55, 4.

  • Hé georne trúwode metodes hyldo,

      B. 669.

  • Ꝥ wé þe geornor witon,

      Bl. H. 15, 31: Ll. Th. ii. 312, 25.

  • Geornor ongietan,

      Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 9.

  • Þá dihteras þe his líf geornost cúðon,

      Guth. 4, 24.

  • Hé getrúwode on ídel gylp ealra geornost, Ps. Th. 51, 6. (10)

    completely, entirely

    :-- Him gást weorðeð georne áfyrred,
      Ps. Th. 103, 27.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. H. Ger. gerno.]
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v. for-georne, un-georne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “georne.” 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/49218.

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