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enge

  • adjective
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Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §234; §289; §553;
Narrow, anxious; angustus, anxius
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  • Ufan hit is enge

    it is narrow above,

    • Exon. 116a
    • ;
    • Th. 446,
    • 14;
    • Dórn. 22: 47a
    • ;
    • Th. 162,
    • 3;
    • Gú. 970
    • .
  • Of ðam engan hofe

    from that narrow house,

    • 73b
    • ;
    • Th. 274,
    • 12;
    • Jul. 532: 8a
    • ;
    • Th. 3,
    • 6;
    • Cri. 32
    • .
  • Enge ánpaðas

    narrow passes,

    • Cd. 145
    • ;
    • Th. 181,
    • 8;
    • Exod. 58: Beo. Th. 2824
    • ;
    • B. 1410
    • .
  • Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces

    shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 213
    • ;
    • Sal. 106
    • .
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