gorian

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Old English

Etymology

Unknown. Apparently from a root *gor- (related to Old English gorettan (to stare about, pour forth)) +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

Verb

gorian

  1. to gaze, look.[1]
    • Swylċe ēac be ðām miċelum muntum and dūnum þā þe hȳhst standaþ and goriaþ ofer ealne middanġeard...
      Likewise, the great mountains and hills upon which the highest stand and look upon the entire earth...

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gorian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.