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CEORIAN

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1 CEORIAN

part. ceorigende; p. ode; pp. od; murmurare, queri :-- Ne underféhþ nán ceorigende sáwul Godes ríce, ne nán ceorian ne mæg, se ðe to ðam becymþ no murmuring soul receives God's kingdom, nor may any one murmur who comes to it, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 11. We ne ceoriaþ we murmur not, ii. 80, 16. Híg ceorodon ongeán God and Moysen they murmured against God and Moses, Num. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 338, 11: ii. 472, 1. Ic ceorige oíðe cíde queror, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 52. [Dut. korren to coo, as pigeons: Kil. karien, koeren, koerien gemere, instar turturis: Ger. kerren stridere: M. H. Ger. kërren, kirren: O. H. Ger. kerren garrire; queran gemere: Lat. garrio: Grk. GREEK : Zend gar to sing: Sansk. grī sonare.] DER. be-ceorian. ceorian
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ᚳᛇᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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Ælfric
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