genge

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English genge (“band”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, possibly through Old Norse gengi. ==== Alternative forms ==== geng, ging, gyng, gynge ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnɡ(ə)/, /ˈɡinɡ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== genge (poetic) A group or crowd of people. A host or band (of armed men) A retinue; one's attendants. (biblical) The pagan nations; the Gentiles. ===== Descendants ===== English: ging (obsolete) Middle Scots: ging ==== References ==== “ging(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English genġe (“current”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈɡeːnd͡ʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== genge (Early Middle English, poetic, rare) prevailing, thriving ==== References ==== “genǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Old Norse gengi (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją. Cognate with Old English genġe (“gang, flock, company”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡen.ɡe/, [ˈɡeŋ.ɡe] ==== Noun ==== genge n A host or band (of armed men) ===== Declension ===== Strong ja-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: genge, geng, ging, gyng, gyngeEnglish: ging (obsolete)Middle Scots: ging ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangijā, from *gangan (“to go; to defecate”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡen.je/, [ˈɡen.d͡ʒe] ==== Noun ==== genġe f A passage; drain; toilet. An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory. ===== Declension ===== Weak n-stem: ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡen.je/, [ˈɡen.d͡ʒe] ==== Adjective ==== genġe current, going, valid ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: genge (early) ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “genge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === genge class V (plural magenge class VI) cliff, chasm kiosk, stall gang, clique