ídel-georn

Old English Dictionary Entry

ídel-georn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Kmbl. 1. Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan

Definitions

1 ídel-georn

adj. Fond of idleness, lazy, inert :-- Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Proah ! ye sluggish and lazy ones; inertes, Bt. 40, 4 ; Fox 238, 30. idel-georn

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛞᛖᛚ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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