Middle English Dictionary Entry
genǧe adj.
Entry Info
Forms | genǧe adj. |
Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Current, prevalent; (b) effective, successful.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1002 : Knarres & cludes houentinge, Snou & haȝel hom is genge; Þat lond is grislich & unuele.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1065 : Þi song mai bo so longe genge, Þat þu shalt wippen on asprenge.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)804 : Hwat þarf he recche of amo swenge, Hwenne þe on him is so genge?