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Take here geongra in Dict., and add:
of time-relations, a descendant. Cf. ildra
an ancestor
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  • Ðis is ꝥ frið ꝥ . . . ealle gecweden habbað . . . for hý sylfe and for heora gingran, ge for geborene ge for ungeborene (ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng,

    v. l.

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 152, 5.
denoting inferiority of position.
in a general sense, an inferior, a low (as opposed to a high)
person
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  • Eallum folce, ge yldrum ge gingrum,

      Ll. Th. i. 246, 18.
in special senses.
a vassal, follower, servant of a prince (human or superhuman) [cf. liberata ab pastu regis et principis, uel iuniorum eorum, C. D. ii. 25, 7]
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  • Hwane manaþ God máran gafoles þonne þone biscop? for þon þe se biscop biþ Godes gingra,

      Bl. H. 45, 17.

  • Him (

    Lucifer

    ) tweó þúhte þæt hé Gode wolde geongra weorðan,
      Gen. 277.
  • Hé mæg mé geofian, þeáh hé his gingran ne sende, 546.

  • Eródes forcóm æt campe cyning Iúdéa . . . Ic nú bebeóde begnum mínum ꝥ hié þé hnǽgan gingran (

    his follower

    ) æt gúðe,
      An. 1332.

  • His gingran

    Satan's followers (the fallen angels ),

      Sat. 191.

  • Þá (

    Adam and Eve

    ) him tó gingran self Metod mearcode,
      Gen. 458.
  • Móton wé hié ús tó giongrum habban, 407.
the official representative of a person in authority, a subordinate, deputy. v. gingre,
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  • Ne dorste se heáhgeréfa náht ongeán þá hǽðengyldan, ac forlét his gigran (cf. Aspasius se undergeréfa, 216) tógeánes þǽre ceáste,

      Hml. S. 7, 212.

  • Gif þises hwæt beforan cyninges ealdormonnes gingran gelimpe,

      Ll. Th. i. 86, 18.
  • Ne derige se scírman his gingran, ne se hláford his l mannum, ii. 314, 2.

  • Hét se déma his gingran þis dón . . . þá hét se undergeréfa hí ealle gebringan,

      Hml. S. 4, 329.

  • Ne sceal him nán ealdorman settan dysige déman ne unrihtwíse tó geongrum,

      Ll. Lbmn. 475, 9.
  • Oft þá gódan déman habbað yfele gingran, 29.
the follower of a teacher, a disciple
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  • Gód láreów, ðonne hé his gingran suingð,

      Past. 267, 8.

  • Ongan Gúðlác geongran rétan,

      Gú. 1035.

  • Se Wísdóm sǽde ꝥ his gingran hæfdon hine swá tótorenne,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 6, 2.

  • Se Hǽlend wiste ꝥ his gingran woldan unróte beón,

      Bl. H. 135, 15.

  • Hé hine his gingrum æteówde,

      89, 36.

  • Geongrum,

      109, 7.

  • Paulus cuæð tó his gingrum,

      Past. 181, 14.

  • Giongrum,

      451, 28.

  • Hé hæfde twégen gingran,

      291, 14: Sat. 526: An. 427.
Etymology
[O. Sax. jungaro: O. H. Ger. jungiro subditus, alumnus, discipulus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gingra.” 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/50802.

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