Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-menged

Part of speech: -mencged;

Definitions

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1 ge-menged

part. p. Mixed, mingled, confused; mixtus, commistus, confusus :-- God sende rénscúr mid swefle gemenged God sent a shower of rain mingled with brimstone, Gen. 19, 24. Gemencged mixtus, Ps. Spl. 74, 7. Gemencged hund and wulf commistus canis et lupus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 79. Gemenged stemn is, ðe biþ bútan andgite, swylc swá is hryþera gehlów, hunda gebeorc, treówa brastlung confused voice is what is without understanding, such as lowing of oxen, barking of dogs, rustling of trees, etc, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 34, 3. ge-menged

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛝᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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