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  • conjunction
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Grammar
ge, conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §252; §268; §460; §462; §560; §574; §651;
And, also; et
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  • Ánra gehwylc, sóþfæst ge synnig, séceþ Meotudes dóm

    every one, just and sinful, shall seek the Creator's doom,

    • Exon. 63 b
      • ;
    • Th. 233, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 523 : Bt. Met. Fox 26, 171
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 86 : Ps. Th. 66, 6.

  • Ge ... ge

    both ... and;

    et ... et.

  • He bebýt ge windum ge sǽ

    et ventis et mări impĕrat,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 25 : Jn. Bos. 2, 15 : Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 248, 28 : Chr. 835
      • ;
    • Erl, 64, 28 : Bt. Met. Fox 9, 3
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 2 : 20, 25, 26
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 13 : Andr. Kmbl. 1083
      • ;
    • An. 542.

  • Ge mid býsenum heofonlíces lífes ge eác mid monungum

    et exemplis vītæ cælestis et monitis,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 588, 3 : 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 512, 30, 31.

  • Ge ... and

    both ... and,

    • Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 30-33
      • ;
    • Gen. 752, 753.

  • Ge eác swá same

    and in like manner,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 19
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 10.

  • Ge swylce

    and also,

      Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258.

  • Ǽghwæðer ge ... ge

    either ... or;

    vel ... vel,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 14, 15.

  • Ǽghwæðer ge on mete, ge on hrægl, ge on ǽghwilcum ðinge

    both in meat, and in dress, and in every thing,

    • Blickl. Homl. 219, 29.

  • Ǽgðer ge ... ge

    both ... and,

    • Bt. 41, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 246, 5.

  • Ǽgðer ge on spræce, ge on þeáwum, ge on eallum sidum

    both in speech, and in manners, and in all customs,

    • Bt. 18, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 62, 29 : 41, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 254,19-21.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. ge, gi, ja and.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-stirian irfeweardian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge.” 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/13351.

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