Georn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

georn

Add: I. eager for, under I. 1 b) georn">or to happen">desirous of something. (1) with gen. (a) of that which is to be done or to happen:--Ne beó nǽnig man níþa tó georn, Bl. H. 109, 28. Mánbealwes georn, Dan. 45. Is nú fús þider gǽst síðes georn, Gú. 1018: 1241: Bo. 41: B. 2783. Wæs þǽre wífgifta guma georn on móde, Jul. 39. Ic wæs symles willan þínes georn on móde I was ever eager in my heart to do thy will, An. 66: Gú. 839: El. 268. (b) of that which is to be got:--Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 12. Goddreáma georn gǽst, Gú. 1273. Weorðmynda georn, Met. 1, 51. Dómes georn, An. 961: Rä. 32, 16. Earn ǽtes georn, Jud. 210. (2) with dat.:--Ic eom sídes fús . . . edleánan (= -um; or edleána? under I. 1 b) georn, Gú. 1051. (3) with clause, eager to do:--Sceolan wé beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan, þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 23. II. diligent, zealous:--Mé míne ágen word sócon, and wiðer mé wǽran georne, Ps. Th. 55, 5. II a. diligent about something (but see georne, (2)):--Hú giorne (georne, ) hié wǽron ǽgðer ge ymb láre ge ymb liornunga, ge ymb ealle ðá ðiówotdómas ðe hié Gode dón scoldon, P. 3, 9. v. ciric-, druncen-, ést-, feoh-, féþe-, firenlust-, flít-, forþ-, friþ-, geflit-, gilp-, of-, teóþung-, unhearm-, weax-, wóh-, wróht-georn. georn,ge-orn

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