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Un-georne

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1 un-georne

adv. I. unwillingly, reluctantly :-- Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors 3, 11; Swt. 146, 24. II. without diligence, negligently :-- Ðæt hé tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt hé on þeóstrum dyde, Blickl. Homl. 183, 23. [O. H. Ger. un-gerno: Ger. un-gern: Icel. ú-gjarna unwillingly.] un-georne
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ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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