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Old English · adjective

gefræge

Normalised ġefrǣġe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈfræː.je/
Syllables
je · ˈfræː · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
remarkablecelebratedhearsayinformationinquiryknownfamous

gefræge1 · adjective

Senses

  1. known, celebrated, remarkable, famous

    folcum ġefrǣġe

    known among people

Declension

Strong declension of gefræge
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġuġefrǣġoġefrǣġe
Accusative ġefrǣġneġefrǣġeġefrǣġe
Genitive ġefrǣġesġefrǣġreġefrǣġes
Dative ġefrǣġumġefrǣġreġefrǣġum
Instrumental ġefrǣġeġefrǣġreġefrǣġe
Plural
Nominative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġaġefrǣġeġefrǣġuġefrǣġo
Accusative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġaġefrǣġeġefrǣġuġefrǣġo
Genitive ġefrǣġraġefrǣġraġefrǣġra
Dative ġefrǣġumġefrǣġumġefrǣġum
Instrumental ġefrǣġumġefrǣġumġefrǣġum
Weak declension of gefræge
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġefrǣġaġefrǣġeġefrǣġe
Accusative ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġe
Genitive ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġan
Dative ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġan
Instrumental ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġan
Plural
Nominative ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġan
Accusative ġefrǣġanġefrǣġanġefrǣġan
Genitive ġefrǣġraġefrǣġenaġefrǣġraġefrǣġenaġefrǣġraġefrǣġena
Dative ġefrǣġumġefrǣġumġefrǣġum
Instrumental ġefrǣġumġefrǣġumġefrǣġum

gefræge2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. inquiry, a knowledge, information, hearsay

    Đǣr wæs prēosta hēap, miċel muneca ðrēat, mīne ġefrēġe glēawra ġegaderod. There was a group of priests, a throng of many monks, of wise ones gathered,

    [according to] my knowledge

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension · strong ja-stem

Declension of gefræge
SingularPlural
Nominative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġu
Accusative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġu
Genitive ġefrǣġesġefrǣġa
Dative ġefrǣġeġefrǣġum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gafrāgī, from Proto-Germanic *gafrēgiz. Cognate with Old Saxon gifrāgi. Equivalent to ġe- + *frǣġe. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

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