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ange

  • adjective
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Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
Narrow, straitened, vexed, troubled, sorrowful; angustus, anxius, vexatus, tristis
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  • Ðes ænga stede

    this narrow place,

    • Cd. 18; Th. 23, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 356
    • .
  • Ufan hit is enge

    it is narrow above,

    • Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 14
    • ;
    • Dóm. 22
    • .
  • Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode

    then the king was greatly troubled in his mind,

    • Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14
    • .
Etymology
[
N. Ger. M. H. Ger. enge angustus
:
O. H. Ger. angi
:
Goth. aggwus
:
O. Nrs. öngr
:
Lat. angustus
:
Grk. ἐγγύς
:
Sansk. anhu narrow
.]
Linked entries
v.  ænge ang-módnes ang-nægl ge-encgd ge-engd enge ænge.
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  • ange, adj.