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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian enōch, Old Saxon ginōg, Old Dutch ginuog, Old High German ginuog, Old Norse gnógr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jeˈnoːɡ/, [jeˈnoːɣ]

Adjective

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ġenōg

  1. enough, sufficient
    Wē nabbaþ feoh ġenōg.We don't have enough money.
    Þæt is ġenōg.That's enough.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
      On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
      We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.

Declension

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Adverb

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ġenōg

  1. enough, sufficiently
    Þā ċildru habbaþ ġenōg ġeplegod.The children have played enough.
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Descendants

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