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geornlíce

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  • Geornlíce anxie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 60: enixe, 29, 36: examusim, 30, 6: 107, 73:

    obnixe,

      115, 20: 65, 30.

  • Geornlícor

    enixius,

      32, 60.

  • Geor[n]lí[cor]

    sollertius,

      An. Ox. 56, 132.

  • Geornlícost

    instantissime,

      Kent. Gl. 1159.
with a will, with all one's power, vigorously. Cf. georne,
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  • Him se gýsel ongan geornlíce fylstan,

      By. 265.

  • Heó geornlíce míne sáwle swýðe onbígdon,

      Ps. Th. 56, 7.

  • Hí geornlíce Godes costadan

    they did all they could to tempt God,

      77, 20.
diligently. Cf. georne,
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  • Hié geornlíce heora gebedum ætfulgon,

      Bl. H. 201, 18.

  • Synna geornlíce bétan,

      Ll. Th. i. 310, 6.

  • Tó Godes weófedan geornlíce gebúgan,

      334, 30.

  • Dón geornlíce þancas,

      Bl. H. 39, 13.

  • Geornlíce earnian, þegnian, wyrcan,

      Wlfst. 180, 20: Gen. 585: Az. 109.

  • Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal freólstídan geornlícost beorgan,

      Ll. Th. i. 398, 18.

  • Gým þú þæs earmestan geornlícost,

      Wlfst. 250, 7.
earnestly, urgently. Cf. georne,
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  • Sceolan wé geornlíce biddan,

      Bl. H. 19, 15: Ll. Lbmn. 415, 28: Cri. 262.

  • Ic wille geornlíce tó Gode cleopian,

      Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 27.

  • Geornlíce lǽran,

      Ll. Th. i. 314, 4.

  • Loth hig laðode geornlíce

    compulit illos,

      Gen. 19, 3.

  • Geornlíce séc ꝥ þú sóð wite,

      Cri. 440.

  • For eal crísten folc þingian geornlíce,

      Ll. Th. i. 332, 29.

  • Wæs him beboden geornlícor ꝥ . . .,

      Bl. H. 215, 17.
carefully, attentively, intently. Cf. georne,
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  • Ús is suíðe geornlíce tó gehiéranne

    solerter audiendum est,

      Past. 315, 23: Bl. H. 55, 6.

  • Seó módor sæt geornlíce hlystende hire tale,

      Hml. S. 30, 320.

  • Wuton wé ꝥ geornlíce gemunan,

      Bl. H. 125, 3.

  • Smeáge man geornlíce

    diligentissime perscrutantes,

      Deut. 19, 18.

  • Geþencean wé geornlíce,

      Bl. H. 37, 2: 115, 5.

  • Ongon ic geornlícor þá stówe sceáwigan,

      Nar. 27, 19.
willingly, gladly; cpve. rather.
Cf. georne,
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  • Sel geornlíce ꝥte ðú sé gefreód

    give willingly (?) that you may be freed

    (but the Latin is: Da operam liberari),
      Lk. L. R. 12, 58.

  • Sé þe wile geornlíce þone Godes cwide singan,

      Sal. 84.

  • Geornlícor

    propensius (laudari censeo ),

      An. Ox. 591: Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 67.
with verbs of knowing, understanding, well.
Cf. georne,
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  • Georlíce

    diligenter (agnosce ),

      Kent. Gl. 1037.

  • Geornlíce ongitan,

      Bl. H. 203, 25: 205, 2.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gernlíhho diligenter, libenter.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geornlíce.” 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/49227.

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