domgeorn

From dōm (“fame, justice”) +‎ ġeorn (“eager”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːmˌje͜orn/, [ˈdoːmˌje͜orˠn]

dōmġeorn

1. eager for fame, for justice
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Forðon dōmġeorne · drēoriġne oft
     in hyra brēostcofan · bindað fæste;

     Therefore, eager for glory men oft bind tightly in their breast-chambers the sad one.

2. ambitious, virtuous

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dōmġeorn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.