Murnan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

murnan

p. de. I. intrans. To mourn, be sad, be anxious :-- Gif ðú ðonne heora þegen beón wilt and ðé heora þeáwas líciaþ tó hwon myrnst ðú swá swíðe si probas, utere moribus, ne queraris, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 7. Sélre biþ ǽghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne, Beo. Th. 2775; B. 1385. Ðæt mín murnende mód. Bt. 3, l; Fox 4, 18: Beo. Th. 99 ; B. 50: Andr. Kmbl. 3332 ; An. 1669 : Exon. 101 a ; Th. 380, 28 ; Rä. l, 15. Geómor sefa. hyge murnende, 15 a; Th. 31, 24; Cri. 500. Cwom seó murnende Maria, 119 b; Th. 459, 33; Hö. 9: 121 a ; Th. 464, 22 ; Hö. 91. Bonan gnornedon, mǽndon murnende, 38 b ; Th. 128, 8 ; Gú. 401. Murnan on móde to be sad at heart, Cd. 35 ; Th. 45, 31; Gen. 735: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 154. Hí murnaþ on móde. Cd. 169; Th. 212, 6; Exod. 535. Ne beó ðú on sefan tó forht, ne on móde ne murn be not fearful of mind, nor anxious of heart, Andr. Kmbl. 197; An. 99. II. with prepositions for, æfter :-- Ne mæg ná for feore murnan se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán not for life must he care that his lord will avenge. Byrht. Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr. Kmbl. 73; An. 37. III. trans. (a) To mourn, lament :-- Sum sceal murnan meotudgesceaft móde gebysgad the Maker's decree shall one mourn, troubled in mind, Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 19 ; Vy. 20 : Salm. Kmbl. 971; Sal. 485. (b) to care about, regard :-- Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé má ðe wédende hund he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, Met. 25, 15), Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 7. [A. R. murnen; p. murnede : Laym. murnede; p. : Piers P. mornede ; p. : Goth. maurnan GREEK: O. Sax. mornón : Icel. morna: O. H. Ger. mornén moereo; part, mornénti moestus.]

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