genge
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English genge (“band”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, possibly through Old Norse gengi.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genge (poetic)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ging(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old English genġe (“current”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genge
References edit
- “genǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably borrowed from Old Norse gengi (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genge n
Declension edit
Declension of genge (strong ja-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangijā, from *gangan (“to go; to defecate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genġe f
Declension edit
Declension of genge (weak)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
genġe
Declension edit
Declension of genġe — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | genġe | genġu, genġo | genġe |
Accusative | genġne | genġe | genġe |
Genitive | genġes | genġre | genġes |
Dative | genġum | genġre | genġum |
Instrumental | genġe | genġre | genġe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | genġe | genġa, genġe | genġu, genġo |
Accusative | genġe | genġa, genġe | genġu, genġo |
Genitive | genġra | genġra | genġra |
Dative | genġum | genġum | genġum |
Instrumental | genġum | genġum | genġum |
Declension of genġe — Weak
Descendants edit
- Middle English: genge (early)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.