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GEONG

  • adjective
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Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§51; §116; §268; §289; §426; §443; §444; §620;
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh; jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens
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  • Ðeáh ðe he geong sý folces hyrde

    although he be a young shepherd of his folk,

      Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831: Rood Kmbl. 77; Kr. 39.

  • Mǽden, oððe geong wífman

    puella,

      Wrt. Voc. 73, 5.

  • Se geonga mann

    adolescens,

      Mt. Bos. 19, 22: Lk. Bos. 7, 14: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 12: Chr. 871; Erl. 75, 23.

  • Ymb ðæs geongan feorh about the young man's life, Andr. Kmbl. 2236; An. 1119, On swá geongum feore

    in so young a life,

      Beo. Th. 3690; B. 1843.

  • Me eáden wearþ, geongre

    it was granted to me young,

      Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 11; Cri: 201.

  • Ic ðé geongne gelǽrde

    I taught thee young,

      Bt. 8; Fox 24, 27: Andr. Kmbl. 1101; An. 551: 2222; An. 1112.

  • Cýse geongne onfón gestreón getácnaþ

    to accept new cheese betokens gain,

      Lchdm. iii. 200, 29.

  • Ðǽr geonge wiste wíc weardian

    where he knew the young [woman] to be abiding,

      Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 6; Jul. 91.

  • Ðæt he feorh geong eft onfón móte

    that it may again receive a new spirit,

    62 a;
      Th. 228. 4; Ph. 433: 58 b; Th. 211, 3; Ph. 192.

  • Sint geþreáde geonge gúþrincas

    my young warriors are rebuked,

      Andr. Kmbl. 783; An. 392: 1715; An. 860: 3060; An. 1533.

  • Ða geongan leomu

    the young limbs,

      Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 18; Vy. 5.

  • Geongra gyfena

    of recent gifts,

    65 a;
      Th. 239, 20; Ph. 624: 78 a; Th. 293, 16; Crä. 2.

  • Geongum and ealdum

    to young and old,

      Beo. Th. 144; B. 72.

  • He héht hine geonge twegen men mid síþian

    he bade two young men accompany him,

      Cd. 138; Th. 173, 27; Gen. 2867: Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018.

  • Geongra ic wæs, witendlíce ic ealdode

    jūnior fui, etenim sĕnui,

      Ps. Spl. C. 36, 26.

  • Gingra bróðor

    a younger brother,

      Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 2, note; Rä. 88, 9.

  • Seó gingre

    the younger,

      Cd. 123; Th. 158, 5; Gen. 2612.

  • Ic gyngra wæs

    jūnior fui,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 26.

  • Gingran bróðor

    younger brothers,

      Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 10; Rä. 85, 12.

  • Ioseph gingst wæs hys gebróðra

    Joseph was the youngest of his brethren,

      Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 7.

  • Se gingsta ys mid úrum fæder

    mĭnĭmus cum patre nostro est,

      Gen. 42, 13, 32.

  • Fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan

    a mājōre usque ad mĭnĭmum,

      42, 12.
Etymology
[Wyc. ȝong: Chauc. yong: Laym. ȝunge, ȝenge, ȝeonge: Orm. ȝung, ȝunng: Plat. jung, junk: O. Sax. jung: Dut. jong: Frs. jong: O. Frs. jung, jong: Ger. jung: M. H. Ger. junc: O. H. Ger. jung: Goth. yuggs: Dan. Swed. ung: Icel. ungr: Lat. jŭvĕnis: Sansk. yuvan young.]
Derived forms
DER. cild-geong, cniht-, ed-, fela-, heaðo-, magu-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GEONG.” 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/15554.

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