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ge-mǽn-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-mǽn-nes, -ness, e; f. [ge-mǽne communis]
A communion, fellowship, connection; communio, consortium, admixtio
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  • Hí sealdon hí ðǽr on ðara fǽmnena gemǽnnesse

    they gave her up there to the society of the women,

      Shrn. 127, 11.
  • Ne ic ǽfre mid mannum mán-fremmendum ge-mǽnnesse micle hæbbe cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem non comminabor [Vulg. communicabo, Ps. Surt. conbinabor],

      Ps. Th. 140, 6 : R. Ben. proœm. Gemencgnyss [MS. B. gemǽnnes
    ] wífes

    admixtio conjugis,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 18.
  • Ðurh flǽsces gemǽnnysse

    per carnis contubernium,

      Hymn. Surt. 31, 32.
Etymology
[Hence the Kentish word mennys a large common.]
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