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EORNOST

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
EORNOST, eornust, eornest, e; f.
EARNEST, earnestness, zeal; sērium, stŭdium
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  • Mid swelcum eorneste [eornoste MS. Cot.]

    with such zeal,

    • Past. 15, i
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 18b,
    • 27.
  • On eornost, eornust or eornoste

    in earnest, earnestly,

    • Ælfc. T. 12, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 250, 30: Mt. Bos. 5, 18 : 13, 17: Gen. 14,
    • 15.
  • Þurh eorneste

    in earnest, sternly,

    • Exon. 24a
    • ;
    • Th. 68,
    • 9;
    • Cri. 1101
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. ernes, eernes, ernest earnest, pledge:
Chauc. erneste zeal;
Laym. eornest conflict:
Frs. ernste :
O. Frs. ernst:
Dut. ernst, m:
Ger. ernst, m :
M. H. Ger. ernest, ernst, m:
O. H. Ger. ërnust, ërnost, ërnest, n. f. vĭgor, sērium
.]
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v.  eornest eornust eornoste.
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  • EORNOST, n.