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Old English Dictionary Entry

ídel-georn

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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
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛞᛖᛚ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
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