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gegninga

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Substitute: Directly, straightway,
of motion,
without deviating
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  • Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem,

      Gú. 785.
of time,
at once
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  • Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga

    jam jam, cito,

      Germ. 388, 73.
  • Sé þe gelíð, raðe hé styrfð oððe génunge hé áríseð,

      Lch. iii. 188, 21.
  • Þæt hié gegnunga gyldon sceolde

    that they should at once sacrifice,

      Dan. 212.
  • Þǽr þú gegninga gúðe findest,

      An. 1351: 1356.
  • Geagnunga,

      El. 673.
without intermediate agency
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  • Hwá meahte mé swylc gewit gifan, gif hit gegnunga God ne onsende?,

      Gen. 672.
  • Þæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683.
directly to an end,
without modification, completely, simply
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  • Þæt mæg secgan sé þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, sé eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe (

    that he simply threw away the weapons he gave you

    ),
      B. 2871.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gegnungo.]
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