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úþ-genge

  • adjective
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Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §434; §655;
Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession
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  • Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden

    that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them,

      Exon. Th. 153, 12; Gú. 824.

  • Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge

    there life fled from Aschere,

      Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.

  • Ðæs éðel wǽre éce tó gelýfanne on heofonum, nalæs on eorþlícre frætwædnysse, on gewítendre and on úþgengre

    cujus sedes aeterna non in vili et caduco metallo, sed in coelis esset credenda,

      Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 20.

  • Ðæt hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, ne úþgendra (-gengra?) welena tó wel ne truwodon,

      Blickl. Homl. 185, 14.
Etymology
[Cf. Goth. unþa- in unþa-þliuhan to escape.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “úþ-genge.” 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/34138.

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