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ginne

  • adjective
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ginne, adj.
Wide, spacious, ample, broad (lands).
having a large area
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  • Of þǽre ginnan byrig,

      Jud. 149.

  • Seó æftre eá Ethiopia land and leódgeard beligeð úton, ginne ríce (

    a broad realm

    ),
      Gen. 230.

  • Ic weóld folce Deniga and heóld ginne ríce (gim merice, MS.), B. 466. I a. as an epithet of the earth :-- Bið eal þess ginna grund (

    this wide world

    ) gléda gefylled,
      Dóm. 12.

  • In þýs ginnan grunde,

      Jud. 2.

  • Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa geond ginne grund,

      Víd. 51.

  • Under gynne grund

    under the broad earth,

      B. 1551.
ample, of great amount
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  • Hé him grundwelan ginne sealde, hét þám sinhíwum sǽs and eorðan túddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan,

      Gen. 457.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. ginn-; and see Grmm. D. M. 297.]
Similar entries
v. un-ginne.
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v.  gin gin.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ginne.” 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/50808.

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