Gnornian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gnornian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- gnornian
- Take here gnornan in Dict., and add: I. to feel grief, regret, &c.:--Ic gnornige contristatus sum, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129. I a. of things:--Týdrað þis bánfæt, greóthord gnornað, Gú. 1240. Beám sceal on eorðan leáfum líðan, leomu gnornian (the bare branches grieve), Gn. Ex. 26. Hyge gnornende, Gú. 1182. II. to feel or express discontent, murmur:--Suá bið ðǽm ðe gnornað on ðǽre godcundan suingellan qui in percussione positus erumpit ad sonitum murmurationis, Past. 269, 1. Gnornadun murmuraverunt, Ps. Srt. 105, 25. Suelce hé cuǽde tó ðǽm unryhtwísan móde ðe innan bið gnornigende (-iende, ) ac si dicatur menti iniquae interius dolenti, Past. 225, 10. Gnorniað murmurabunt, Ps. Srt. 58, 16. v. be-gnornian; grornian. gnornian