georne

Meaning

1. eagerly, keenly, willingly

   grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

   when mind goes through memory of kinsmen, greets with mirths, eagerly looks through comrades of men. They often swim away.

   þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,

2. well

   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"