Add: (1) eagerness. (a) desire to have:--Þæs écean lífes hé sceal mid ealre geornfulnesse (concupiscentia) girnan, R. Ben. 17, 22. (b) desire to do:--Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ingentibus utrimque animis pugna committitur, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 2: 5, 11; S. 236, 20. (2) earnestness. Cf. georne, (4):--Mid micelre geornfulnesse æt Gode biddan forgifennesse ealra gylta, Hml. A. 142, 114. (3) diligence, studious care:--Fyre-wittre carfulnysse geornfulnes curiosae sollicitudinis sollertia, An. Ox. 907. Geornfulnes diligentia i. cura, 1328. Geornfulnysse curiositate, 143: intentione, 165: studio, 295: industriam, 43: operam, studium, 57, 11. geornful-nes,geornfulnes