Geómor-líc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - geómor-líc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geómor-líc
adj. Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis :-- Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31. [O. Sax. jámarlík: O. H. Ger. jámarlíh: Ger. jämmerlich.] geomor-lic
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