Ge-nesan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

ge-nesan

Add: I. to escape from an evil in which one is involved. (1) absolute :-- Þæt ealde wundor þǽra þreóra cnihta þe áworpene wǽron in þone byrnende ofen, and swá þeáh ungederede genǽson antiquum trium puerorum miraculum, qui projecti in ignibus laesi non sunt, Gr. D. 219, 19. (2) with acc. :-- Þá men uneáðe þone ciele genǽson magnus hominum numerus frigoris acerbitate perierunt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 2. Þú ðysne níð genesan móte, Lch. iii. 52, 17. II. to avoid an evil in which one might become involved :-- Þ UNCERTAIN wé þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22. Cf. ge-nerian. ge-nesan