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Old English · adjective

getenge

Normalised ġetenġe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈten.je/
[jeˈten.d͡ʒe]
Syllables
je · ˈten · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
nearapproximateoppressingpressingclose to

Meaning

  1. near to, close to, approximate

    Sē mec fēdde, sundhelm þeahte, ond mec ȳþa wrugon eorþan ġetenġe fēþelēase.

    Sea fed me, water-helm covered, and waves hid me, near to the bottom, unable to walk.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:
  2. pressing upon, oppressing

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From ġe- + *tenġe. Compare Old Saxon bitengi (“touching, reaching to, close, allied”).

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