Gnornung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gnornung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gnornung
I. a feeling or expression of grief, sorrow, &c.:--On gnornunga módes in merore animi, Kent. Gl. 517. Hit náuht elles nát bútan gnornunga crescit in immensum noxia cura, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 12: Met. 3, 10. Þǽr is wóp wíde gehéred . . . and gnornunge mecga, Sat. 334. Him gnornunga gǽste ne scódun, Gú. 516. II. a feeling or expression of discontent or complaint, a grudge:--For eówerre ágenre gnornunge ðe gé wið ðǽm crístendóme habbað, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 11.

Related words: grornung. gnornung

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