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− It is [[inh|enm|yes]] or [[m|enm|yis]], [[inh|ang|gēse]] or [[m|ang|gīse|t=so be it!]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) probably a compound, [[af|ang|gēa|sīe|t1=so, yea|t2=may it be]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000)^(SOED 2002) the second part being the present subjunctive of [[m|ang|bēon|t=to be]].^(Wiktionary)^(MWU 2024) The first part is [[yea]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The second goes back through [[gem-pro|*sijai-]] to the optative stem [[ine-pro|*si-]] of the root [[m|ine-pro|*es-|t=to be]], the source also of [[is]] and [[am]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) Klein also considers a compound of gēa and [[m|ang|swā|t=so]].^(Klein 1966)