For-genge

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Sächsisches Altenglisches Wörterbuch - for-genge

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for-genge
adj. Going with difficulty(?); of an arrangement, hard to carry out, impracticable(?):--Gyf hit on lencten gebyrige, ꝥ þæ þonne þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, búton ꝥ þis forgenge sié if it (the time for giving a contribution of food (including flesh meat)) happen in Lent, that then the value of the meat may be taken in fish, unless this arrangement be impracticable, Cht. Th. 159, 2. Cf. un-genge; forþ-genge. for-genge
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