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genge
/jeŋɣe /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
genge
; f. A GANG, flock, company; grex :-- Ðæt wæs Hereweard and his genge that was Hereward and his followers, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 29. [Laym. Orm. genge a host, retinue.]
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sceadd-genge
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genge
, an; f. A privy, drain; latrina :-- Genge latrina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 15: 52, 15: 71, 8. Gengan latrine (ilia Arii in latrinae cuniculum defluxerant, Ald. 39, 7), 80, 65. Gengena latrinarum (spurca purgamenta, Ald. 54, 30), 84, 9: 52, 39. Cf. gang; XII.
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genge
; f. A gang. Substitute: genge, es; n. A band, company, troops :-- Heora ágene menn wolden hergon þone mynstre, þ̵ wæs Hereward and his genge, Chr. 1070; P. 205, 11. Hé sende æfter Leófríce eorle and æfter Síwarde eorle and bæd heora gencges. Hí him tó cómon mid medemum fultume, 1052; P. 175, 17. Se cining sende Ealdred mid genge, P. 176, 13. Hé gewende tó Brytlande and begeat him þǽr micel genge, 1055; P. 185, 38. [Hi flemden þe king and sloghen suithe micel of his genge, Chr. 1138; P. 266, 7.
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genge
; adj. Add: in season :-- Ðonne sceadd genge (not sceadd*-*genge under which the passage is given in Dict.) sý when shad is in season, Cht. Th. 544, 28. [Snou and haȝel heom is genge, O. and N. 1002. v. N. E. D. genge: Icel. gengr able to walk; passable; of money, good, current.] v. for-genge, forþ-genge, ge-genge, tíd-genge, un-genge, úþ-genge.
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-genge
; f. v. bí-genge, niht-genge.
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-genge
; n. v. bí-genge.
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