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diligent, active, earnest
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  • Geornfull þén

    sedulus minister,

      Hy. S. 70, 25.

  • Geornfull hálsung

    intenta supplicatio,

      19, 13.

  • Geornfull

    gimnicus,

      An. Ox. 18 b, 43.

  • Ꝥ þú mid ealles módes geornfullan ingeþance higie, ꝥ þú mæge becuman tó þám gesǽlþum,

      Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 18.

  • Hié cwǽdon ꝥ wé genóg raðe tó þǽm mere becwóman, gif wé geornfulle wǽron,

      Nar. 11, 28: Met. 19, 27.
desirous, eager
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  • Geornful

    cupidus (castitatis amator ),

      An. Ox. 363.
desirous of (gen.),
eager for
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  • Rómáne wǽron þæs færeltes geornfulle,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17.

  • Geornfulle beón Godes miltsa,

      Bl. H. 109, 9.
desirous to do.
with dat. infin.
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  • Þú sǽdest ꝥ þú swíþe geornfull wǽre hit tó gehýranne,

      Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 4.

  • Ðæt bið ðæt mon his stemne gehiére þonne ðá gecorenan menn giornfulle bióð his worda tó gehlystanne

    cujus vocem amicas auscultare est electos quosque verbum praedicationis illius desiderare,

      Past. 381, 18.
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  • Wæs hé sóna geornfull ꝥ hé wolde diégellíce þone crístendóm onwendan

    christianam religionem arte potius quam potestate insectatus,

      Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 2.

  • Martha wæs geornful þæt heó þon Hǽlende tó gecwémnesse þegnode, Bl. H. 67, 28. II a. desirous to possess, avaricious, hard :-- Ðú wistes ꝥ ic gearnfull (georn-, R.) monn am, nimmes ꝥ ic ne gesett

    sciebas quod ego austerus homo sum, tollens quod non posui,

      Lk. L. 19, 22.
anxious, solicitous about.
with prep.
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  • Hé wæs geornful ymb Drihtnes láre,

      Bl. H. 217, 9.

  • Ðæt hié ymb hié selfe swǽ geornfulle sién ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðǽra ne giémen þe him befæste sién

    ut sic in propria sollicitudine ferveant, ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant,

      Past. 190, 23.

  • Huæd of óðrum geornfullo (

    solliciti

    ) gié sínt,
      Lk. L. 12, 26.
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  • Nallað gié gearnfulle (

    solliciti

    ) wosa huu gié geonuearde,
      Lk. L. 12, 11.

  • Geornfullo,

      Lk. L. R. 12, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “georn-full.” 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/49221.

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