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geongor-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
geongor-dóm, geonger-dóm, es; m.
Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage; juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium
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  • Hwý sceal ic búgan him swilces geongordómes

    why shall I submit to him in such vassalage?

      Cd. 15; Th. 18, 34; Gen. 283.
  • Unc wearþ God yrre forðon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum þurh geongordóm

    God was angry with us two because we two would not bow to him with our heads in subjection,

      35; Th. 46, 12; Gen. 743: 30; Th. 41, 26; Gen. 662.
  • Ðæt he Gode wolde geongerdóme þeówian

    that he would serve God in subjection,

      14; Th. 18, 3; Gen. 267.
Etymology
[O. Sax. jungar-dóm.]
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v.  geongerdóm.
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  • geongor-dóm, n.