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ge-mæcca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ge-mæcca, -mæccea, an; m. and f.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §574;
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife
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  • Twegen turturan gemæccan

    a pair of turtle doves,

      Blickl. Homl. 23, 27.
  • Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifigendra menn to gemæccan ðonne se swearta hrefn

    thou art not any dearer to any living man as mate than the swart raven,

      Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 6; Seel. 53.
  • Boga sceal strǽle sceal mon to gemæccan

    a bow must have an arrow, a man must to his mate,

      Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 10; Gn. Ex. 155.
  • Gemæcca

    conjunx,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 54.
  • Gif wíf wiþ óðres gemæccan hǽmþ

    si mulier cum alterius conjuge adulteraverit,

      L. Ecg. P. iii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 7.
  • Be Euan his gemæccan

    by Eve his wife,

      Gen. 4, 1 : 28, 1 : Homl. Th. ii. 498, 26.
  • He onféng hys gemæccean

    accepit conjugem suam,

      Mt. Bos. 1, 24.
  • [O. H. Ger. gi-mahha conjux.] Cf. ge-maca.
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v.  ge-mecca mæcca.
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  • ge-mæcca, n.