georne
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *gernō. Equivalent to ġeorn (“eager”) + -e (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ġeorne
- eagerly, keenly, willingly
- 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.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"