Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *lobagern, from Proto-Germanic *lubagernaz (willing, eager); equivalent to lof +‎ ġeorn. Compare Old High German lobogernī, Old Norse lofgjarn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlofˌje͜orn/, [ˈlovˌje͜orˠn]

Adjective edit

lofġeorn (superlative lofġeornost)

  1. eager for fame (usually with negative connotations, but used positively in Beowulf)[1]

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lof-georn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.