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ge-wenge

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-wenge, es; n.
The cheek; maxilla
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  • And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge

    et qui to percutit in maxillam

    ,
    • Lk. Bos. 6, 29
    • ;
    • and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc
    • .
  • Án strǽl hyne gewundode on hys óðer gewenge

    an arrow wounded him in one of his cheeks,

    • Shrn. 97, 14
    • .
  • Gewenge

    maxilla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 71
    • ;
    • Som. 70, 80
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43, 13
    • .
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