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genge

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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genge, f.
A gang. Substitute: genge, es; n. A band, company, troops
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  • Heora ágene menn wolden hergon þone mynstre, ꝥ wæs Hereward and his genge,

      Chr. 1070; P. 205, 11.

  • Hé sende æfter Leófríce eorle and æfter Síwarde eorle and bæd heora gencges. Hí him tó cómon mid medemum fultume,

      1052; P. 175, 17.

  • Se cining sende Ealdred mid genge,

      P. 176, 13.

  • Hé gewende tó Brytlande and begeat him þǽr micel genge,

      1055; P. 185, 38.
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    Hi flemden þe king and sloghen suithe micel of his genge,

      Chr. 1138; P. 266, 7. In Layamon genge is used of military forces as in the Chronicle

  • Nis þe (Hengest ) non neod to bringen mid þe muchel genge,

      15025.

  • He sende æfter genge,

      28803.

  • He somnede genge and wolde mid fehte faren,

      29330.

  • Arthur com mid mucle his genge (alle his folke, 2nd MS.), 23850.

    The word occurs often in the Ormulum, mostly in a general sense, e.g. Þatt all þatt genge (folk )

    mihhte lefenn uppo
      Criste, 6956.

  • Þeȝȝre (

    angels'

    ) genge shollde ben wiþþ gode sawless ekedd, 3918.

  • Miccle mare genge off Lerninngcnihhtess, 19566:

    but also of a military host

    • :--

  • Faraoness genge,

      14851. v. N. E. D. ging.
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v. ge-genge, and cf. gang; X.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/49048.

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