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girnan

  • verb
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Take here geornan, gernan, gyrnan in Dict., and add
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  • Ic gewilnie ł gyrne

    glisco,

      An. Ox. 18 b, 39.
to desire possession of something (gen.
or indecl. pron.)
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  • Gilpes þú girnst? ac þú hine ne miht habban orsogne

    gloriam petis? sed securus esse desistis,

      Bt. 32, 1;F. 114, 18.
  • Hé gierneð (girneð, v. l.) ðæs folgoðes

    magisterium appetit,

      Past. 55, 21.
  • Hé mid wilnunga his gǽstes giernð ðæs écan gefeán

    aeterna gaudia spiritus ex desiderio expectat,

      395, 20.
  • Anweald þe gé swíþost girnaþ

    vestra expetibilis potentia,

      Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 32.
  • Ðá recceras ðe hira ágnes gilpes giernað

    rectores qui semetipsos diligunt,

      Past. 143, 22.
  • Ðú wást ꝥ . . . ic ealles for swíþe ne girnde þisse eorþlican ríces; búton ic wilnode andweorces . . .

    scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatam; sed materiam . . . optavimus,

      Bt. 17; F. 58, 25.
  • Þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde,

      Jud. 347.
  • Diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan,

      Bt. 15; F. 48, 5.
  • Gyrnan þæs écean geférscipes,

      Bl. H. 197, 16.
  • Gif hí on écnesse nǽren, ðonne nǽre hiora swá swíðe tó girnanne, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 25. I a. where the object is not expressed :-- Ðæt hié cunnen hiora ǽgen gehealdan, and siððan ðæt hié óðerra monna ne giernen ut tenere sua sciant, et tunc ut aliena non ambiant, Past. 341, 9. I b. intrans. To have a desire for something,

    long

    for :-- Þá gierndon æfter þǽm onwalde,
      Ors. 6, 28; S. 278, 10.
to desire to do, or attain an object.
construction uncertain
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  • Gyrneð

    gestit (saturare ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 44.
  • Gernað

    gestiunt (incumbere ),

      76, 26.
  • Girnað,

      40, 19.
  • Ic girnde

    nitebar,

      59, 79.
  • Gernde

    satagit (praeferre ),

      95, 11.
  • Gyrndon

    satagistis, i. desideratis (dictare ),

      An. Ox. 5426.
  • Giornende

    ambientes,

      Rtl. 87, 10.
with dat. infin.
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  • Gif se man gyrneð (

    desideret

    ) Crístes líchaman tó underfónne,
      Ll. Th. ii. 176, 18.
  • Hí náht ne gyrndon tó hæbbene,

      Bl. H. 53, 25.
with clause
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  • Hé giernð (girnð, v. l.) ðæt hé his welan iéce

    augers opes ambit,

      Past. 331, 15.
  • Gé girnað ꝥ gé woldon eówerne naman tóbrǽdan geond eall eorþan,

      Bt. 18, 2; F. 64. 4.
intrans.
To desire to go, endeavour to get to an object or place
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  • Mið ðý ðá menigo giorndon on him

    cum turbae inruerent in eum,

      Lk. L. 5, 1.
  • Ús gedafenað mid micelre eáðmódnysse gyrnan tó þám écan gefeán,

      Ll. Th. ii. 400, 2.
to ask for, demand, require.
with gen. or indecl. pron
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  • Swá micel swá þæs wífes wer girnð (

    expetierit

    ),
      Ex. 21, 22.
  • Se aƀƀ. þes biscophádes gernde, and se arceƀ. him forwernde,

      Chr. 1048; P. 172, 10.
  • Þá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla,

      P. 174, 27: 1093; P. 227, 32.
  • Hí georndon friðes,

      1011; P. 141, 10.
  • Begann se cyngc gyman his sweostor him tó wífe, ac hé and his menn lange wiðcwǽdon, 1067; P. 201, 13. (1 a) giving person to whom the request is made :-- Nis þám sácerde þám men tó forwyrnanne scriftes þe him þæs tó gyrnð (

    qui eam ab eo desiderat

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 176, 7.
  • Gif hí tó him friðes tó ne girndon,

      Chr. 1009; P. 139, 11.
with clause (and person to whom request made)
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  • Þá eorlas gerndon tó him ꝥ hí móston beón wurðe . . .,

      Chr. 1052; P. 180, 6.
  • Girne hé tó Godes þeówum þæt hý him

    absolutionem

    macigan,
      Wlfst. 180, 11.
used absolutely,
to ask from a person
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  • Gyrn fram mé and ic selle [þé] þeóda postula a me et dabo tibi gentes, Ps. Rdr. 2, 8. IV a. to beg :-- Blind sum gesætt giorñde ł bæd (giornde, R.)

    caecus quidam sedebat mendicans,

      Lk. L. 18, 35.
  • Ne mæg ic tó giornanne

    non ualeo mendicare, 16, 3. IV b. to pray for evil, imprecate :-- Swá swá hé bæd, gyrnde ut imprecabatur i. optabat, An. Ox. 2820. IV c. the subject not personal :-- Gif þing gesceádlic swá gyrnþ (exigerit ),

      Angl. xiii. 374, 130.
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