geong

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old Saxon jung (Low German jung), Dutch jong, Old High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin juvenis (“young”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Albanian vogël, vogl (“small, young”), Russian ю́ный (júnyj, “youthful”).

Alternative forms

• ġing, ġiong, ġiung, ġung, iong, iung, ġeng, ġeonc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /junɡ/, [juŋɡ]

Adjective

ġeong (comparative ġingra, superlative ġinġest)

1. young
   • 10th century, The Wife's Lament:

     Ā sċyle ġeong mon wesan ġeōmormōd, heard heortan ġeþōht, swylċe habban sċeal blīþe ġebǣro, ēac þon brēostċeare, sinsorgna ġedreag sȳ æt him sylfum ġelong eal his worulde wyn, sȳ ful wīde fāh feorres folclondes, þæt mīn frēond siteð under stānhliþe, storme behrīmed, wine wēriġmōd, wætre beflōwen on drēorsele.

     May the young man always be sad-minded, stern thought of heart, also shall have blithe bearing, also with breast-sorrow, the band of great-worries would be with him all along his world’s mirth, be he fully outlawed in a far folks-land so that my lover sits under a stone cliff, frost-covered by storm, weary-minded lord, overflown by water in the dreary-hall.

2. new, recent
3. (in the superlative) latest, last

Declension

Declension of ġeong — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeong	ġeong	ġeong
Accusative	ġeongne	ġeonge	ġeong
Genitive	ġeonges	ġeongre	ġeonges
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongre	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeonge	ġeongre	ġeonge
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeonge	ġeonga, ġeonge	ġeong
Accusative	ġeonge	ġeonga, ġeonge	ġeong
Genitive	ġeongra	ġeongra	ġeongra
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum

Declension of ġeong — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeonga	ġeonge	ġeonge
Accusative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeonge
Genitive	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Dative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Instrumental	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Accusative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Genitive	ġeongra, ġeongena	ġeongra, ġeongena	ġeongra, ġeongena
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum

Descendants

• Middle English: yong
  • English: young
  • Middle Scots: ȝong, ȝoung
    • Scots: young

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jonɡ/, [joŋɡ]

Noun

ġeong m

1. alternative form of gang
   • 10th century, The Descent into Hell:

     Ongunnon him on ūhtan æþelcunde mæġð ġierwan tō ġeonge; wiston gumena ġemōt æþelinges līċ eorðærne biþeaht.

     Nobel women started to make themselves ready for the walk on the dawn; meetings of men knew that body of the atheling is covered by earthen-home.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeong	ġeongas
accusative	ġeong	ġeongas
genitive	ġeonges	ġeonga
dative	ġeonge	ġeongum

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *geang, first and third person singular indicative preterite of *gangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜oːnɡ/, [je͜oːŋɡ]

Verb

ġēong

1. First and third person indicative preterite of gangan