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ge-neahhe

  • adverb
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Grammar
ge-neahhe, -neahe, -nehhe, -nehe; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §326;
Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly; satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter
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  • Ðara ðe geneahhe noman scyppendes hergan willaþ

    of those who sufficiently will praise the creator's name,

    • Exon. 8 b; Th, 4, 5
      • ;
    • Cri, 48
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2313
      • ;
    • El. 1158
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1570
      • ;
    • B. 783
      • .

  • Nú ic his geneahhe neósan wille

    now I will frequently visit him,

    • Exon, 43 a
      • ;
    • Th. 145, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 691: 100 b
      • ;
    • Th. 379, 13
      • ;
    • Deór, 32: 77 a
      • ;
    • Th. 289, 31
      • ;
    • Wand. 56
      • .

  • He wyscte geneahhe, ðæt ...

    he wished earnestly, that...,

    • 100 b
      • ;
    • Th. 378, 33
      • ;
    • Deór. 25
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 62, 8
      • :
    • 63, 1
      • :
    • 65, 13
      • :
    • 87, 3
      • :
    • 114, 4
      • :
    • 137, 7
      • :
    • 149, 1
      • ,

  • Swíðe genehhe

    very frequently,

    • Hy. 3, 42
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 42
      • ;
    • L. E. I. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 408, 25
      • .

  • Geneahe

    sufficiently,

    • Cd. 137
      • ;
    • Th. 172, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 2843
      • .

  • Genehe

    abundantly,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 45
      • ;
    • By. 269
      • .

  • Ðǽr genehost brægd eorl Beówulfes ealde láfe

    then very frequently drew a warrior of Beowulf's an ancient relic [i. e.] very many of Beowulf's warriors, etc.],

    • Beo. Th. 1593
      • ;
    • B. 794
      • .
Derived forms
swíð-geneahhe
Linked entries
v.  ge-neh ge-nehhe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-neahhe.” 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/15343.

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  • ge-neahhe, adv.

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