Geómor-lic

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geómor-lic
Substitute: I. causing sorrow, miserable, grievous, sad:--Bið geómorlic gomelum ceorle tó gebídanne, þæt his byre ríde giong on galgan, B. 2444. Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas fuit, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. II. expressing sorrow, mournful, sad:--Ðá ongan ic heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 429. [O. Sax. jámar-lík: O. H. Ger. jámar-líh.? geomor-lic
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