genog

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġenōh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, from Proto-Germanic *ga-+*nōgaz (though the latter has no attested descendants). Cognate with Old Frisian enōch, Old Saxon ginōg, Old Dutch ginuog, Old High German ginuog, Old Norse gnógr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈnoːɡ/, [jeˈnoːɣ]

Adjective

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

Declension of ġenōg — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōg	ġenōg	ġenōg
Accusative	ġenōgne	ġenōge	ġenōg
Genitive	ġenōges	ġenōgre	ġenōges
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgre	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōge	ġenōgre	ġenōge
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōge	ġenōga, ġenōge	ġenōg
Accusative	ġenōge	ġenōga, ġenōge	ġenōg
Genitive	ġenōgra	ġenōgra	ġenōgra
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum

Declension of ġenōg — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōga	ġenōge	ġenōge
Accusative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōge
Genitive	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Dative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Instrumental	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Accusative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Genitive	ġenōgra, ġenōgena	ġenōgra, ġenōgena	ġenōgra, ġenōgena
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum

Adverb

ġenōg

1. 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;...

Related terms

• ġenēah
• ġenugan

Descendants

• Middle English: ynogh, inoh, inow, ynough, ynow
  • English: enough, (archaic) enow, enoo
  • Geordie English: eneugh
  • Scots: eneuch, eneugh, aneuch
  • Yola: eenew