Definitions
Definitions
1 georn-ness
Take here geornes in Dict., and add: (1) diligence, assiduity:--Geornes industria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 23. Seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum (cf. hú nyt bið þǽm men þéh hé geornlíce gehýre, 4), Bl. H. 55, 31. ¶ of geornnesse on purpose:--Gif hwá of geornnesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum, Ll. Th. i. 46, 26. (1 a) ill-timed assiduity, importunity:--Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum . . . Se árwyrða fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste his swíðlican geomnesse (nimietatis ejus taedio affectus), Gr. D. 156, 6. Fore giornise his áríseð propter inprobitatem eius surget, Lk. L. R. 11, 8. (2) desire for something:--Giornisse lofes mennisces appetitio laudis humanae, Mt. p. 14, 19.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
ᚷᛇᚱᚾ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ