Old English · noun
gyrn
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ɡyrn/[ɡyrˠn]
- Syllables
- ɡyrn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- griefsadness
Meaning
-
grief, sorrow, sadness
Nū mē fāh warað eorþan brōþor, sē mē ǣrest wearð gumena tō gyrne.
Now earth's brother, spangled, is shielding me, who at first was for me a sorrow of men.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 83:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gurni, from Proto-Germanic *gurniz. Related to gnyrn (“sadness”).
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