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ceorian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to murmur, complain without just cause.
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  • Ic swíþor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, þá ðá ic ǽhta forleás,

      Angl. xi. 113, 40.

  • Manega ceorodon and fandoden Godes,

      Hml. S. 13, 230.

  • Hý ná ne ceorien (cyrian, R. Ben. I. 72, 16)

    non murmurent,

      R. Ben. 65, 9.

  • Ceoriende (cyrigende, R. Ben. I. 55, 12)

    murmurans,

      48, 4.

  • Ceriende

    murmurosus,

      R. Ben. I. 20, 15.

  • Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes ne ceoriendes wales,

      Lch. iii. 430, 34.
to murmur about (ymb), against (
ongeán)
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  • Hé ceorað ongeán God,

      Hml. Th. i. 472, 8.

  • Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht ceoriað,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7.

  • Ic ongeán þé dyrstiglíce ceorode,

      Angl. xi. 113, 42.

  • Swá þæt wé ne ceorion ongeán Godes swinglum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 546, 10.
ground of complaint given in a clause
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  • Þá sunderhálgan ceorodon þæt hé mid ðám synfullum æt,

      Hml. Th. ii. 472, 1.

  • Ne þurfe wé ceorian þæt Drihten nis líchamlíce on ðyssere worulde wunigende nú,

      438, 27.

  • Ceorian hwí hí móddru nǽron and eác swylce mǽdenu,

      Hml. A. 32, 207.
to complain with just cause
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  • Be ðǽre gýmeleaste spræc se wítega mid ceorigendre stefne,

      Hml. Th. i. 404, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ceorian.” 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/41577.

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