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§239; §505;
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to escape from an evil in which one is involved.
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  • Þæt ealde wundor þǽra þreóra cnihta þe áworpene wǽron in þone byrnende ofen, and swá þeáh ungederede genǽson

    antiquum trium puerorum miraculum, qui projecti in ignibus laesi non sunt,

      Gr. D. 219, 19.
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  • Þá men uneáðe þone ciele genǽson

    magnus hominum numerus frigoris acerbitate perierunt,

      Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 2.

  • Þú ðysne níð genesan móte,

      Lch. iii. 52, 17.
to avoid an evil in which one might become involved
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  • Þ wé þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22.
  • Cf. ge-nerian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nesan.” 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/49039.

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