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語源

From Proto-West Germanic *gernō. Equivalent to ġeorn (“eager”) +‎ -e (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈje͜or.ne/, [ˈje͜orˠ.ne]

副詞

ġeorne

1. eagerly, keenly, willingly
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     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.

2. well
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

     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.

派生した語

• Middle English: ȝeorne, ȝerne, gerne, ȝorne