† genge, a. Obs.
[OE. gęnge (= OHG. gengi, MLG. genge, MDu. ghenge, ON. gengr), WGer. *gaŋgjo-, f. root of gang v.1]
Current, prevalent, valid.
| c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. x[ii]. (1890) 188 Ne wæs þæt þonne to wundrienne, þeah þe þæs cyninges bene..mid him swiðade & genge wæren. a 1000 Guthlac 765 in Exeter Bk., Þæt his soð fore us on his ᵹiefena ᵹyld genge weorðe. a 1250 Owl & Night. 802 Wat tharf he recche of a mo swenge, Wone the on him is swo genge. Ibid. 1063 Thi song mai bo so longe genge, That thu shalt wippen on a sprenge. |