genge
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English genge (“band”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, possibly through Old Norse gengi.
Alternative forms
- geng, ging, gyng, gynge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡinɡ(ə)/
Noun
genge (poetic)
- A group or crowd of people.
- A host or band (of armed men)
- A retinue; one's attendants.
- (biblical) The pagan nations; the Gentiles.
Descendants
- English: ging (obsolete)
- Middle Scots: ging
References
- “ging(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English genġe (“current”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnd͡ʒ(ə)/
Noun
genge
- (Early Middle English, poetic, rare) prevailing, thriving
References
- “genǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Old Norse gengi (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡen.ɡe/, [ˈɡeŋ.ɡe]
Noun
genge n
- A host or band (of armed men)
Declension
Declension of genge (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genge | gengu |
| accusative | genge | gengu |
| genitive | genges | genga |
| dative | genge | gengum |
Descendants
- Middle English: genge, geng, ging, gyng, gynge
- English: ging (obsolete)
- Middle Scots: ging
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangijā, from *gangan (“to go; to defecate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡen.je/, [ˈɡen.d͡ʒe]
Noun
genġe f
- A passage; drain; toilet.
- An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory.
Declension
Declension of genge (weak)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genġe | genġan |
| accusative | genġan | genġan |
| genitive | genġan | genġena |
| dative | genġan | genġum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡen.je/, [ˈɡen.d͡ʒe]
Adjective
genġe
- current, going, valid
Declension
Declension of genġe — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | genġa | genġe | genġe |
| Accusative | genġan | genġan | genġe |
| Genitive | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Dative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Instrumental | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Accusative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Genitive | genġra, genġena | genġra, genġena | genġra, genġena |
| Dative | genġum | genġum | genġum |
| Instrumental | genġum | genġum | genġum |
Descendants
- Middle English: genge (early)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.