Ceorian

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

ceorian

Add: I. to murmur, complain without just cause. (1) absolute :-- Ic swíþor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, þá ðá ic ǽhta forleás, Angl. xi. 113, 40. Manega ceorodon and fandoden Godes, Hml. S. 13, 230. Hý ná ne ceorien (cyrian, R. Ben. I. 72, 16) non murmurent, R. Ben. 65, 9. Ceoriende (cyrigende, R. Ben. I. 55, 12) murmurans, 48, 4. Ceriende murmurosus, R. Ben. I. 20, 15. Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes ne ceoriendes wales, Lch. iii. 430, 34. (2) to murmur about (ymb), against (ongeán) :-- Hé ceorað ongeán God, Hml. Th. i. 472, 8. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ic ongeán þé dyrstiglíce ceorode, Angl. xi. 113, 42. Swá þæt wé ne ceorion ongeán Godes swinglum, Hml. Th. ii. 546, 10. (3) ground of complaint given in a clause :-- Þá sunderhálgan ceorodon þæt hé mid ðám synfullum æt, Hml. Th. ii. 472, 1. Ne þurfe wé ceorian þæt Drihten nis líchamlíce on ðyssere worulde wunigende nú, 438, 27. Ceorian hwí hí móddru nǽron and eác swylce mǽdenu, Hml. A. 32, 207. II. to complain with just cause :-- Be ðǽre gýmeleaste spræc se wítega mid ceorigendre stefne, Hml. Th. i. 404, 24. ceorian