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geong

(n.)

sighsgemitus

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sighs; gemitus Hér is Brytta geong [gnornung, B.] and geómerung gemitus Brittanorum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42

geong

(n.)
Grammar
geong, es; m.

A course, passage, journeycursus, meātus, iter

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A course, passage, journey; cursus, meātus, iter Ongunnon him on úhtan æðelcunde mægþ gierwan to geonge the noble women resolved ere dawn to prepare for a journey, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 19, note; Hö. 2. Geong iter, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 44: 8, 1

geong

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Add: of age. applied to persons Geong puber, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 72. Iung adultus, 3, 71. Hé wæs wintrum geong and on his þeáwum eald, Gr. D. 219, 3. Gewiton ealdgesíðas swylce geong manig, B. 854. Ongit, guma genga, El. 464.

geong

Grammar
geong, young.
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In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Ða geongan leomu the young limbs, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 18; Vy. 5. Geongra gyfena of recent gifts, 65 a; Th. 239, 20; Ph. 624: 78 a; Th. 293, 16; Crä. 2. Geongum and ealdum to young and old, Beo. Th. 144; B. 72.

geong

(n.)
Grammar
geong, sighs.
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For geong another MS. has gnornung, which seems the right reading. Perhaps geong has come from the error of a copyist whose eye was caught by forðgeonge that follows almost immediately?

geong

(n.)
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sighs, v. góung

geong

(n.)
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a course

geóng

(v.; part.)

went

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went, Beo. Th. 1855, note; B. 925; p. of gangan

cild-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cild-geong, adj.

Young as a childinfans

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Young as a child; infans. Andr. Kmbl. 1369; An. 685

ed-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-geong, ed-giong; adj.

Growing young again rejuvĕnescens

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Growing young again; rejuvĕnescens Of ascan edgeong weseþ from ashes he becomes young again, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 10; Ph. 373

Linked entry: ed-giong

fela-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-geong, adj.

Very youngvalde jŭvĕnīlis

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Very young; valde jŭvĕnīlis He sægde felageongum he said to the very young [man], Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 15; Fä. 53

forþ-geong

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-geong, es; m.

A going forthprogressprocessprocessus

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A going forth, progress, process; processus On forþgeonge ðæs ǽrendgewrites in processu epistŏlæ, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 43

geong-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geong-líc, adj.

Youthful, youngjuvĕnīlis

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Youthful, young; juvĕnīlis Geonglíc juvĕnīlis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 39. On geonglícum geárum in his young years, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 23

Linked entry: iung-líc

geong-lícnys

(n.)
Grammar
geong-lícnys, -nyss, e; f.

Youthjŭventus

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Youth; jŭventus, Scint. 32

heaðu-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-geong, adj.

Young and active in battle

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Young and active in battle(?) [Hickes reads hearo], Fins. Th. 3; Fin. 2

cniht-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cniht-geong, adj.

Young as a child; puerilis

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Young as a child; puerilis Elen. Kmbl. 1276; El. 640

fela-geong

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Fród guma sægde fela geongum the wise old man said much to the young one (cf. sægde eaforan worn, 66), Fä. 53. Dele, and for citation substitute

geong-ling

(n.)
Grammar
geong-ling, es; m.

A youngling, youthjŭvĕnis

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A youngling, youth; jŭvĕnis Ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum that they teach some prudence to their younglings, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 30

Linked entries: gungling iung-ling

cild-geong

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cild-geong, infant.
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Læg ic ( the infant Jesus ) cildgeong in crybbe, Cri. 1426. Mon cildgeong, Gn. Ex. 49: Lch. iii. 438, 5. Cildiung wíf puerpera (cf. puerpera, puella, Corp. Gl. H. 855), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 17. Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch