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Geómor

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1 geómor

adj. Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched; tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser :-- Him wæs geómor sefa his mind was sad, Elen. Kmbl. 1251; El. 627: Beo. Th. 98; B. 49. He ðǽr ána sæt, geoðum geómor he sat there alone, sad of mind, Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010. Ic of grundum to ðé geómur cleopode de profundis clāmāvi ad te, Ps. Th. 129, 1. Ðæt wæs geómuru ides that was a mournful woman, Beo. Th. 2155; B. 1075. Ðeós geómre lyft this murmuring air, Cd. 163; Th. 205, 4; Exod. 430. Dust ne mæg andsware ǽnige gehátan geómrum gáste the dust cannot give any answer to the sad spirit, Soul Kmbl. 211; Seel. 108: Apstls. Kmbl. 178; Ap. 89. Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310. In ðas geómran woruld in this sad world, 57 b; Th. 207, 10; Ph. 139: 63a; Th. 232, 35; Ph. 517. Geómran stefne with mournful voice, Andr. Kmbl. 122; An. 61: 2254; An. 1128. Geómre gástas sad spirits, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 9; Gen. 69: 166; Th. 206, 5; Exod. 447. Geómrum to geóce for salvation to the sad, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 27; Cri. 124. [Laym. ȝeomere doleful, miserable: O. Sax. jámar depressed, sad, sorrowful: Dut. jammer, n. misery: Ger. jammer, m. misery: M. H. Ger. jámer, ámer, m. pity: O. H. Ger. jámar, ámar, m. mĭsĕria.] DER. fela-geómor, hyge-, mód-, síþ-, wine-. geomor
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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