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GÉN

  • adverb
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GÉN, gién; adv.
Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto; iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique
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  • Ðǽr he gén ligeþ

    there he still lies,

      Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 9; Cri. 734.
  • Swá he nú gén déþ

    as he still does,

      Beo. Th. 5711; B. 2589: Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 17; Cri. 1458.
  • Bidon ealle ðǽr tyn niht ðá gén

    all waited there yet ten nights,

    15 b;
      Th. 34, 15; Cri. 542.
  • Ðá gién wæs yrre God

    God was yet angry,

      Cd. 131; Th. 166, 1; Gen. 2741.
  • Wæs Iustus ðá gén lifigende

    Iustus adhuc superstes,

      Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 10.
  • Ðæs gén to tácne is

    of that further is as proof,

      6; S. 508, 42.
  • Ic sceal forð sprecan gén ymb Grendel

    I shall go on to speak further about Grendel,

      Beo. Th, 4146; B. 2070: Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 5; Wal. 1: Elen. Kmbl. 2434; El. 1218.
  • Gién ðé sunu weorðeþ

    yet there shall be a son to thee,

      Cd. 100; Th. 132, 19; Gen. 2195.
  • Gén ic ðé feores unnan wille yet will I grant thee life, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 3; Jul, 191, Ðá gén Abrahame eówde heáhcyning

    again the high king appeared to Abraham,

      Cd. 98; Th. 130, 23; Gen. 2164.
  • Ðá gién seó fǽmne spræc

    then again spoke the woman,

      Exon. 71 b; Th. 267,19; Jul, 417.
  • Geornor ðonne he gén dyde

    more eagerly than yet he had done,

    67 a;
      Th. 249, 12; Jul. 110.
  • Gén strengre is

    it is yet harder,

    10 b;
      Th. 12, 28; Cri. 192: 95 b; Th. 357, 14; Pa. 28: 97 a; Th. 363, 8; Wal. 50.
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v.  géna gién gægne geán geána.
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