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for-genge

  • adjective
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for-genge, adj.
Going with difficulty(?); of an arrangement, hard to carry out, impracticable(?)
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  • Gyf hit on lencten gebyrige, ꝥ þæ þonne þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, búton ꝥ þis forgenge sié

    if it (the time for giving a contribution of food (including flesh meat)) happen in Lent, that then the value of the meat may be taken in fish, unless this arrangement be impracticable,

    • Cht. Th. 159, 2
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Cf. un-genge; forþ*-*genge.
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v.  genge.
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