Ge-cneordlǽcan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cneordlǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-cneordlǽcan
Add :-- Ic gecnyrdlǽce (-cneord-, -cnerd-, ) studeo, Ælfc. Gr. 154, 5. (1) to study, endeavour earnestly :-- Hycge hé and gecneordlǽce þæt hine mon lufian mæge swíþor þonne ondrǽdan studeat plus amari quam timeri, R. Ben. 121, 11. Gecneordlǽcan exercere i. studere (afféctum erga suorum obsequia principum), An. Ox. 241. (2) to study, examine carefully :-- Gecneordlǽcaþ scrutamini, An. Ox. 1086. (3) to study, apply oneself to learning :-- Hé gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum (he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18. Tó þysum twám wífmannum áwrát Hieronimus menigfealde trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swíðe gecneord-lǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, i. 436, 11. ge-cneordlæcan

Related words: ll.

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