genog
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ġenōg
- 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
[edit]Declension of ġenōg — Strong
Declension of ġenōg — Weak
Adverb
[edit]ġenōg
- enough, sufficiently
- Þā ċildru habbaþ ġenōg ġeplegod. ― The children have played enough.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Ġenōh lange ic wæs on þām bysmore and on þǣre sceame, þe hȳ mē on ġebrōhton;...
- Long enough have I been in the reproach and shame which they brought on me;...
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