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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gernō. Equivalent to ġeorn (“eager”) + -e (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġeorne
- eagerly, keenly, willingly
10th century, The Wanderer:þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.- when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
comrades of men. They often swim away.
- well
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Ġeorne wiste se Ælmihtiga Scyppend, ærðan þe he þa gesceafta gesceope, hwæt toweard wæs.- The Almighty Father well knew, before he created his creatures, what was to come to pass.
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