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Old English · verb

geniman

Normalised ġeniman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class IV
IPA
/jeˈni.mɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈni · mɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
comprehendcapturehanded

Meaning

  1. to grasp, comprehend

  2. to take as a wife or queen

    An. DCCCCLXV Hēr on þissum ġēare Ēadgār cyning ġenam Ælfþrȳþ tō cwēne. Hēo wæs Ordgāres dohtor ealdormannes.

    Year 955 In this year King Edgar took Aelfthryth as his queen. She was the daughter of Alderman Ordgar.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

  3. to receive, accept, retain, obtain what is handed over or paid

  4. to lay hold of, steal

  5. to take, seize, capture by violence

    An. DCCLXXVII Hēr Cynewulf ⁊ Offa ġefuhton ymb Benesingtūn ⁊ Offa ġenam þone tūn.

    Year 777 In this year Cynewulf and Offa fought near Benson and Offa seized the town.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Conjugation

Conjugation of geniman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġenimeġenamġenōm
2nd singular ġenimestġenimstġenōmeġenāme
3rd singular ġenimeþġenimþġenamġenōm
Plural ġenimaþġenōmonġenāmon
Subjunctive
Singular ġenimeġenōmeġenāme
Plural ġenimenġenōmenġenāmen
Non-finite forms of geniman
Form
Infinitive ġeniman
Inflected infinitive ġenimenne
Imperative singular ġenim
Imperative plural ġenimaþ
Present participle ġenimende
Past participle ġenumen

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganemaną, equivalent to ġe- + niman. Cognate with Old Saxon giniman, Middle Dutch genēmen, Old High German gineman.

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