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Geornfullíce

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1 geornfullíce

Add: (1) where a great effort is made, eagerly, earnestly. Cf. georne, (1):--Geornfullíce hogiendum enixe nitentibus, An. Ox. 4373. (2) diligently. Cf. georne, (2):--Ealle þás þénunge begán and geornfullíce (diligenter) wyrcean, R. Ben. 19, 11. Ꝥ wé swíþe geornfullíce ús geþýdon tó úrum gebedum, Bl. H. 133, 7. Ꝥ hé swá þæslic folc Drihtne geornfullíce gestrýnde, Lch. iii. 434, 9. (3) carefully, attentively. Cf. georne, (5):--Spyriende geornfullícor scrutando enixius (rimaretur), An. Ox. 3104. (4) willingly. Cf. georne, (6):--Geornfullícor libentius, An. Ox. 281. (5) well. Cf. georne, (9):--Geornfullíce sollerter (nosse), An. Ox. 855. geornfullice,geornful-lice
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ᚷᛇᚱᚾᚠᚢᛚᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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