For-genge

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-genge

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 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

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᛖᛝᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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