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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-geornful[l]

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1 un-geornful[l]

adj. Not diligent, negligent, careless, remiss :-- Ðæt ungeornfulle mód hyngreð anima dissoluta esuriet, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 11. Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne, ðý læs hé weorðe besolcen quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, nec ab intellectus studio ex simplicitate torpescant, 35; Swt. 239, 2. Hyne nán man geseah ungeornfulne tó Cristes þeówdóme, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 19. un-geornfull
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾᚠᚢᛚ[ᛚ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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