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æfter-gengness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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æfter-gengness, e; f.
posterity
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  • Æftergencnesse

    posteritatis,

      An. Ox. 849.
  • Æftergencgnesse

    posteritate,

    2695.
  • Æftergennysse, 3610.
  • Ðǽra gesceafta æftergengnyssa,

      Hml. Th. ii. 206, 10.
succession in an office
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  • For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse,

    v. l.

    ), ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge,
      Hml. S. 10, 219.
  • Mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse

    in lineal succession,

      18, 385.
inferiority of position,
occupation of the lowest place
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  • Mid æftergencnysse hylde

    extremitate contentus,

      R. Ben. I. 33, 14.
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v.  æfter-gegengedness -gengness.
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  • æfter-gengness, n.