Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lang

Back to Letter G
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-lang

adj. Along (in the phrase along of), belonging, depending, consequent :-- Æt ðé is úre lýf gelang our life is along of thee (thou host saved our lives, A. protection comes from our Father, Homl. Th. i. 252, 4 : Ps. Th. 61, 1 : Beo. Th. 2757; B. 1376. Nis me wiht æt eów leófes gelong I am not dependent upon you for anything dear, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 5; Gú. 284 : 115 b; Th. 444, 11; Kl. 45. Ðæt wæs swíðor on ðam gelang that was rather owing to this reason, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 94, 35. Gif hit on preóste gelang sý if it be along of the priest, L. M. I. P. 42; Th. ii. 276, 15 : Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 37. On heofonum sind láre gelonge instruction comes from heaven, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 12; Gú. 223. Frægn se Scipio hine on hwý hit gelang wǽre Scipio asked him to what it was owing, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42. Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121. [Laym. ilong : O. Sax. gilang.] ge-lang
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚪᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources