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un-georne

  • adverb
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un-georne, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
unwillingly, reluctantly
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  • Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon

    qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes,

    • Ors 3, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 146, 24.
without diligence, negligently
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  • Ðæt hé tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt hé on þeóstrum dyde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 183, 23.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-gerno
:
Ger. un-gern
:
Icel. ú-gjarna unwillingly.
]
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  • un-georne, adv.