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ge-mengan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
Wright's OE grammar
§317;
To mingle, commingle, mix, blend, confuse, unite, join, combine; miscēre, commiscēre, confundĕre, consŏciāre, infĭcĕre
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  • Ðæt he wísdóm mǽge wið ofermetta gemengan

    that he may mingle wisdom with sensuality,

      Bt. Met. Fox 7, 16; Met. 7, 8.

  • Ic gemencge

    confundo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 33.

  • Ic gemenge

    confĭcio,

      Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 99; Wrt. Voc. 28, 76.

  • Ðú hí on ðisse worulde gemengest

    thou unitest them in this world,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 24.

  • He gemengeþ ðæt fýr wið ðam cíle

    he mingles the fire with the cold,

      39, 13; Fox 234, 11 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 182; Met. 11, 91.

  • Ic me to ðam plegan gemengde

    lūdentĭbus me miscui,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 11.

  • Ðæt we hit gemengen to ðam ǽrran

    that we mix it with the preceding,

      Bt. 34. 5; Fox 140, 13.

  • Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg

    the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day,

      Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.

  • Ðǽr gemengde beóþ onhǽlo gelác engla and deófla

    there shall be mingled the whole assemblage of angels and of devils,

      Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 4; Cri. 895 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4.

  • Se ryhtwísa Déma se ðe hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde

    the righteous Judge who joined himself to our fellowship through fleshly nature,

      Past. 21; Swt. 167, 23; Hat. MS.
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v.  ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mengan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15204.

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