† gengeadj.
Obsolete.
Current, prevalent, valid.
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gengec900
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c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. x[ii]. 188 Ne wæs þæt þonne to wundrienne, þeah þe þæs cyninges bene..mid him swiðade & genge wæren.
OE Guthlac A 765 Wile se waldend þæt we wisdom a snyttrum swelgen, þæt his soð fore us on his giefena gyld genge weorðe.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 802 Wat tharf he recche of a mo swenge, Wone the on him is swo genge.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1063 Thi song mai bo so longe genge, That thu shalt wippen on a sprenge.
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adj.c900- strong, ardent drink
- strong-arm
- strong-arm man
- strong-arm one's way
- strong-armed
- strong-arming
- strong-arms
- strong-backed
- strong-beating
- strong-bodied
- strong-breathed
- strong-built
- strong-docked
- strong-eyed
- strong-faithed
- strong-flavoured
- strong-growing
- strong-handed
- strong-jawed
- strong-knit
- strong-like
- strong-looking
- strong-made
- strong-minded
- strong-mindedly