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ge-tenge

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-tenge, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Near to, close to, pressing upon, oppressing; propinquus, incumbens, gravis, molestus
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  • Geseah gold glitnian grunde getenge

    he saw gold glitter lying on the ground,

    • Beo. Th. 5510
      • ;
    • B. 2758: Elen. Kmbl. 2226
      • ;
    • El. 1114: 456
      • ;
    • El. 228: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 14
      • ;
    • Met. 31, 7.

  • Cyningas on heáhsetlum hrófe getenge

    kings high-raised [lit. close to the roof] on thrones,

    • 25, 10
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 5: Cd. 38
      • ;
    • Th. 50, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 808: Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 2
      • ;
    • Rún. 18.

  • Hundas deórum getenge

    dogs pressing upon the animals,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 25: Shrn. 37, 14.

  • Swá fela gásta wǽron getenge ðam ánum men

    so many spirits were oppressing that one man,

    • 378, 30.

  • Heora þurst ðe him getenge wæs

    their thirst that was oppressive to them,

    • Ors. 5, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 107, 28: 6, 4
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    • Bos. 119, 4: Nar. 8, 24: Bt. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 10, 24: 10
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 5.

  • Bróhþreá Cananéa wearþ cynne getenge hunger se hearda

    terrible calamity came upon the race of the Canaanites the hard famine,

    • Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 108, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 1814: 149
      • ;
    • Th. 187, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 148: 206
      • ;
    • Th. 255, 25
      • ;
    • Dan. 629: 229
      • ;
    • Th. 309, 18
      • ;
    • Sat. 711.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. bi-tengi:
and
v. O. H. Ger. gi-zengi, Grff. v. 680.]
Similar entries
v. ge-tengan, ge-tingan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-tang ge-tænge.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tenge.” 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/16393.

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