Ge-mengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -mencgan; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-mengan

p. de; pp. ed To mingle, commingle, mix, blend, confuse, unite, join, combine; miscēre, commiscēre, confundĕre, consŏciāre, infĭcĕre :-- Ðæt he wísdóm mǽge wið ofermetta gemengan that he may mingle wisdom with sensuality, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 16; Met. 7, 8. Ic gemencge confundo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 33. Ic gemenge confĭcio, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 99; Wrt. Voc. 28, 76. Ðú hí on ðisse worulde gemengest thou unitest them in this world, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 24. He gemengeþ ðæt fýr wið ðam cíle he mingles the fire with the cold, 39, 13; Fox 234, 11 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 182; Met. 11, 91. Ic me to ðam plegan gemengde lūdentĭbus me miscui, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 11. Ðæt we hit gemengen to ðam ǽrran that we mix it with the preceding, Bt. 34. 5; Fox 140, 13. Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15. Ðǽr gemengde beóþ onhǽlo gelác engla and deófla there shall be mingled the whole assemblage of angels and of devils, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 4; Cri. 895 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4. Se ryhtwísa Déma se ðe hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde the righteous Judge who joined himself to our fellowship through fleshly nature, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 23; Hat. MS. ge-mengan

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ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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