Geornful-líce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - geornful-líce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geornful-líce
comp. -lícor; adv. [geornful eager] Anxiously, diligently, earnestly; stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo :-- He húsulfatu and leóhtfatu geornfullíce gegearwode vasa sancta et lumĭnāria stŭdiōsissĭme parāvit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 4. Swá he geornfullícor ðæs écan lífes gewilnode he the more earnestly desired the eternal life, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8. geornfullice,geornful-lice
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