Ge-nugan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nugan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-nugan, nugan. ge-nugan

Definitions

1 ge-nugan

pres. hit -neah [Goth. ganah] To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting; sufficere :-- Gif us on ferðe geneah if in our soul we be not wanting [if it is sufficient to us in our soul], Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35: 90 a; Th. 337, 26; Gn. Ex. 70. Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah ðæs acendan engles godcund mægen to gesecgenne no human tongue is sufficient to tell the divine virtue of that begotten messenger, Blickl. Homl. 165, 5.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᚢᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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