ælmes-georn
- adjective
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Sum biþ ár-fæst and ælmesgeorn
one is honest and diligent in giving alms,
- Exon. 79a; Th. 297, 13 ;
- Crä. 67 .
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Sum man Tobias geháten, swíðe ælmesgeorn
a man, whose name was Tobias, very diligent in giving alms,
- Ælfc. T. 21, 24 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “ælmes-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/630.
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