-
londes ower, ac þæt fyr nimeð þurh
foldan gehwæt, græfeð grimlice,
georne aseceð
innan ond utan eorðan sceatas, oþþæt eall hafað ældes leoma...
-
translation Swa stemnetton, stiðhicgende,
hysas æt hilde, hogodon
georne hwa þær mid orde ærost
mihte on fægean men feorh gewinnan, wigan...
- Lupi and in
other of his works, are
ealles to swyðe "altogether too much",
georne "eagerly", mide
rihte "in
right manner", for Gode and for
worulde "for God...
- Wite as
Guard (c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 154 Þæt bið god swefen, wite þu þæt
georne on þinre heortan.) and Wic from
roughly the same
period meaning 'dwelling'...
- þone wæstm. Ne wyrð inc
wilna gæd."
Hnigon þa mid
heafdum heofoncyninge georne togenes and sædon
ealles þanc,
lista and þara lara. He let heo þæt land...
-
intensifying words...such as æfre, swyðe
ealles to swyðe,
georne, mid rihte, ofer
ealle oðre þing, swyðe
georne, oft and gelome, wide, witode.
While several of...
