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Wright's OE grammar
§393; §563;
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sufficiency
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  • Ðǽm ðegnum is beboden ðæt hié him ðæt tó genyhte dón ðæt hié him sellen

    servants are bidden to be satisfied with what is given them,

      Past. 321, 2.
abundance, plenty, opulence
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  • For ðǽre genyhte ðæs flówendan welan hé blissað

    rerum affluentium abundantiam exultat,

      Past. 55, 8.

  • Genihðe

    opulentia,

      Angl. xiii. 35, 199.

  • Ginyht'

    largitate,

      Rtl. 98, 3.

  • Þú wunast on þére héhstan genyhte

    ubi summa plenitudo,

      Solil. H. 9, 9.

  • Gebeorh bringeð tó genihte wæstme

    montem uberem,

      Ps. Th. 67, 15, 16: 91, 13.

  • Hé sende on heora múþas mete tó genihte

    misit saturitatem in animas eorum,

      105, 13.

  • Gé geniht (

    abundantiam

    ) águn,
      Ps. Th. 121, 6.

  • Þá miclan geniht þínre wéðnesse,

      144, 7.

  • Hé can weána lyt, and hæfð byrga geniht,

      Run. 8.

  • Hé sylð goldes and seolfres genyhða,

      Wlfst. 196, 21.

  • Sellan éce mǽrþa and fulle genyht,

      Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 13.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nyht.” 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/49089.

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