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gnornung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gnornung, e; f.
Grief, lamentation, mourning; mœstitia
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  • Gnornung

    meror,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 36, 51
      • .

  • Hér is Brytta gnornung

    gemitus Brittanorum

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    • Bd. 1, 13
      • ;
    • S. 481, 42, note
      • .

  • Me hæfþ ðeós gnornung ðære gemynde benumen

    this grief hath deprived me of the remembrance,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 20
      • :
    • 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 10
      • .

  • Mid mycelre gnornunge ymbe ðæs cyninges slege

    with great grief for the king's death,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 45, 24
      • :
    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 126, 13
      • ;
    • Edg. 39
      • .

  • Seó árleáse helwarena stefn wæs gehýred and heora gnornung

    the impious voice of the dwellers in hell was heard, and their lamentation,

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 4
      • :
    • 91, 30
      • :
    • Cd. 220
      • ;
    • Th. 285, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 334
      • :
    • Exon. 40 b
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 516
      • .
Derived forms
heáh-gnornung
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gnornung.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17289.

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