genog

• ġenōh

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”).

• IPA^(key): /jeˈnoːɡ/, [jeˈnoːɣ]

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.

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;...

• ġenēah
• ġenugan

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