Old English Dictionary Entry

Gegninga

Part of speech: -nunga; Related words: Plainly, wholly, altogether, certainly, directly

Definitions

1 definitions

1 gegninga

ad omnino :-- Ðær ðú gegninga gúðe findest there wilt thou straightway find war, Andr. Kmbl. 2697; An. 1351. Ðæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme that it came directly from God, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 35; Gen. 683 : Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 27; Gú. 785. gegninga

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚷᚾᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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