Ídel-georn

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ídel-georn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ídel-georn
adj. Fond of idleness, lazy, inert :-- Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Proah ! ye sluggish and lazy ones; inertes, Bt. 40, 4 ; Fox 238, 30. idel-georn

Related words: Kmbl. 1. Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan

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