genge

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English genge (“band”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, possibly through Old Norse gengi.

Alternative forms

• geng, ging, gyng, gynge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡinɡ(ə)/

Noun

genge (poetic)

1. A group or crowd of people.
   1. A host or band (of armed men)
   2. A retinue; one's attendants.
2. (biblical) The pagan nations; the Gentiles.

Descendants

• English: ging (obsolete)
• Middle Scots: ging

References

• “ging(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English genġe (“current”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

genge

1. (Early Middle English, poetic, rare) prevailing, thriving

References

• “genǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Old Norse gengi (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.ɡe/,

Noun

genge n

1. A host or band (of armed men)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: genge, geng, ging, gyng, gynge
  • English: ging (obsolete)
  • Middle Scots: ging

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangijā, from *gangan (“to go; to defecate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.je/,

Noun

genġe f

1. A passage; drain; toilet.
2. An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory.

Declension

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.je/,

Adjective

genġe

1. current, going, valid

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: genge (early)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.