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GÉN

  • adverb
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Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.
Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto; iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique
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  • Ðǽr he gén ligeþ

    there he still lies,

    • Exon. 18 b
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 734
      • .

  • Swá he nú gén déþ

    as he still does,

    • Beo. Th. 5711
      • ;
    • B. 2589
      • :
    • Exon. 29 a
      • ;
    • Th. 89, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 1458
      • .

  • Bidon ealle ðǽr tyn niht ðá gén

    all waited there yet ten nights,

    • 15 b
      • ;
    • Th. 34, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 542
      • .

  • Ðá gién wæs yrre God

    God was yet angry,

    • Cd. 131
      • ;
    • Th. 166, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2741
      • .

  • Wæs Iustus ðá gén lifigende

    Iustus adhuc superstes,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 10
      • .

  • Ðæs gén to tácne is

    of that further is as proof,

    • 6
      • ;
    • S. 508, 42
      • .

  • Ic sceal forð sprecan gén ymb Grendel

    I shall go on to speak further about Grendel,

    • Beo. Th, 4146
      • ;
    • B. 2070
      • :
    • Exon. 96 b
      • ;
    • Th. 360, 5
      • ;
    • Wal. 1
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2434
      • ;
    • El. 1218
      • .

  • Gién ðé sunu weorðeþ

    yet there shall be a son to thee,

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2195
      • .

  • Gén ic ðé feores unnan wille

    yet will I grant thee life,

    • Exon. 68 b
      • ;
    • Th. 254, 3
      • ;
    • Jul, 191
      • ,

  • Ðá gén Abrahame eówde heáhcyning

    again the high king appeared to Abraham,

    • Cd. 98
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 2164
      • .

  • Ðá gién seó fǽmne spræc

    then again spoke the woman,

    • Exon. 71 b
      • ;
    • Th. 267,19
      • ;
    • Jul, 417
      • .

  • Geornor ðonne he gén dyde

    more eagerly than yet he had done,

    • 67 a
      • ;
    • Th. 249, 12
      • ;
    • Jul. 110
      • .

  • Gén strengre is

    it is yet harder,

    • 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 192: 95 b
      • ;
    • Th. 357, 14
      • ;
    • Pa. 28: 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 363, 8
      • ;
    • Wal. 50
      • .
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v.  gién geána géna gægne geán.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GÉN.” 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/15321.

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