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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geornful-líce

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1 geornful-líce

comp. -lícor; adv. [geornful eager] Anxiously, diligently, earnestly; stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo :-- He húsulfatu and leóhtfatu geornfullíce gegearwode vasa sancta et lumĭnāria stŭdiōsissĭme parāvit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 4. Swá he geornfullícor ðæs écan lífes gewilnode he the more earnestly desired the eternal life, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8. geornfullice,geornful-lice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᚱᚾᚠᚢᛚ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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