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Ge-neahhe

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1 ge-neahhe

ad satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter :-- Ðara ðe geneahhe noman scyppendes hergan willaþ of those who sufficiently will praise the creator's name, Exon. 8 b; Th, 4, 5; Cri, 48: Elen. Kmbl. 2313; El. 1158: Beo. Th. 1570; B. 783. Nú ic his geneahhe neósan wille now I will frequently visit him, Exon, 43 a; Th. 145, 7; Gú. 691: 100 b; Th. 379, 13; Deór, 32: 77 a; Th. 289, 31; Wand. 56. He wyscte geneahhe, ðæt ... he wished earnestly, that..., 100 b; Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25: Ps. Th. 62, 8: 63, 1: 65, 13: 87, 3: 114, 4: 137, 7: 149, 1, Swíðe genehhe very frequently, Hy. 3, 42; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 42; L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 25. Geneahe sufficiently, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 12; Gen. 2843. Genehe abundantly, Byrht. Th. 139, 45; By. 269. Ðǽr genehost brægd eorl Beówulfes ealde láfe then very frequently drew a warrior of Beowulf's an ancient relic [i. e. very many of Beowulf's warriors, etc.], Beo. Th. 1593; B. 794. DER. swíð-geneahhe. ge-neahhe
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ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛠᚻᚻᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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