lofgeorn

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lobagern, from Proto-Germanic *lubagernaz (willing, eager); equivalent to lof +‎ ġeorn. Compare Old High German lobogernī, Old Norse lofgjarn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lofġeorn (superlative lofġeornost)

  1. eager for fame (usually with negative connotations, but used positively in Beowulf)[1]

Declension

References

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