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wer-genga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come
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  • Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor

    the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar,

      Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.

  • Gif eów Dryhten Crist lýfan wylle, ðæt gé his wergengan (

    Guthlac, who had Christ's protection in the wilderness.

      Cf. Ic mé
    frið wille æt Gode gegyrnan . . . mec Dryhtnes hond mundaþ . . . hér sceal mín wesan eorðlíc éþel, 117, 23-30; Gú. 228-232.

  • Nú ic ðis lond gestág . . . mé friðe healdeþ . . . se ðe mægna gehwæs wealdeþ,

      120, 28-121, 3; Gú. 278-283) in
    ðone láðan lég lǽdan móste, Exon. Th. 137, 29; Gú. 536 : 144, 28; Gú. 685.
Etymology
[The Latinized wargangus occurs in the Lombard laws : Omnes wargangi, qui de exteris finibus in regni nostri finibus advenerint. And wargengus among the Franks : Si quis wargengum occiderit. v. Grff iv. 103 : Grmm. R. A. 396. Cf. also Icel. verð-gangr (ver-) going about asking for food (verðr).]
Similar entries
v. waru, werian.
Linked entries
v.  wær-genga.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wer-genga.” 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/35365.

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