Old English · adjective
gen
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeːn/
- Syllables
- jeːn (1 syllable)
gen1 · adjective
Senses
short, direct, near (in distance)
gen2 · adverb
Senses
still, yet
gen3 · adverb
Senses
again, further
Nū iċ fitte ġēn ymb fisca cynn wille wōðcræfte wordum cȳþan þurh mōdġemynd bī þām miclan hwale.
Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words of speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.
10th century, The Whale:
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gagniz (“near, close”), see *gagin.
From Proto-Germanic *ju.
At least partly, a variant of ġēan
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