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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ganazjaną, equivalent to ġe- + nerian. Akin to Old Saxon ginerian, Old High German ginerien, ginerren.
Pronunciation
Verb
ġenerian
- to save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755
And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.- And he saved his life, though he was often wounded.
Loth cwæþ tō þām engle, "Hēr is ān lȳtlu burg swīðe nēah þǣr iċ mæġ mīn feorh ġenerian. Hēo is ān lȳtlu, and þēah iċ mæġ þǣr on libban."- Lot told the angel, "There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there."
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