Ge-þungennes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þungennes

Add: I. maturity, I :-- Þæs geþungennes hine ne geþafige worian cuius maturitas eum non sinat vagari, R. Ben. I. 112, 6. II. growth, progress, advancement :-- Of geþungenysse processu ... conuersationis (v. R. Ben. I. 6, 8), An. Ox. 57, 1. III. eminence, distinction. (1) in regard to rank. v. geþungen; III a :-- Twelffeald geþungennes duodenus apex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 14. Fastus, elatio vel geþungennes, 146, 40. (2) in regard togood qualities, excellence, nobility, dignity. v. ge-þungen; III b :-- Weorþscipe vel geþungennes dignitas, i. honestas, excellentia, fastigium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 25. Geþun[gennes] sublimitas (virginitatis), An. Ox. 8, 74. Geþungenesse fastigium, i. summitatem (perfectionis), 1706. [Gemyndige swá heálicre geþinþenesse (geþungenesse ? geþincþe ?) eówres hádes. Ll. Th. ii. 402, 24.] (2 a) virtue, chastity :-- Ꝥ hig witon ꝥ sió geþungennes ne mæg nǽfre wesan besmitan, Hml. A. 207, 424: 203, 284. Biddende mé ꝥ ic forléte míne geþungenesse, 200, 171. ge-þungennes

Related words: ge-þungen;