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ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.
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of space,
empty, void, vacant
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  • Seó stów ne bið nóht longe ǽmettugu,

      Shrn. 82, 24.

  • Ǽmettig, ǽmtig,

      Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 537, 6.

  • Ǽmtig innoþ,

      Scint. 57, 4.

  • Gyt is rýmet ǽmtig,

      Hml. Th. ii. 376, 9.

  • Ǽlc beód ǽmtig (

    vacua

    ) byþ gesewen,
      Coll. M. 28, 33.

  • Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon ðǽre lyfte,

      Lch. iii. 242, 16.

  • Ǽne émptige cytan,

      Hml. S. 33, 170.

  • Ǽmtige fatu mid wíne áfyllan, Hml. Th. ii. 58, 14. I a.

    with gen.

    :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig,
      Gr. D. 160, 10.
devoid, void of,
free from
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  • 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.' Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. II a.

    with gen.

    :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena,
      Bl. H. 37, 9.

  • Hí wiðinnan ǽmtige wǽron ðæs gódan ingehýdes, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 7. II b.

    with

    fram :-- Hé wæs ǽmtig fram ðám incundan andgite,
      Hml. Th. ii. 556, 1.

  • Sprǽc ǽmtegu fram mægenes byrðene,

      Gr. D. 151, 1.

  • Ídelne and ǽmtigne fram ðám écum gódnyssum,

      Hml. Th. i. 204, 11.
unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from
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  • Ic eom ǽmtig (ǽmptig,

    v. l.) vacat mihi,

      Ælfc. Gr. 206, 13.

  • Martha swanc, and Maria sæt ǽmtig,

      Hml. Th. ii. 440, 1.

  • Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga,

      Hatt. MS.), Past. 190, 18.

  • Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd,

      R. Ben. 84, 19.

  • Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðonne óðre men, Past. 190, 14. III a.

    with gen.

    :-- Hié ǽmettige (ǽmtige,
      Hatt. MS.) beóð ðǽre scíre, Past. 126, 23.

  • Ðá menn ðe ǽmtige beóð ðæs ðæt hié for óðre men swincen, 191, 13. III b. with fram :-- Fram ðám gewinne ðǽre þénunge ǽmettig (ǽmtig, ǽmetig, v. ll.) wæs a labore et ministerio vacabat, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 11. III c. with tó, free to do :-- Ðǽm ðe ǽmettig (ǽmetig, Hatt. MS.) bið his ágenne willan tó wyrceanne

    illi sibimet vacanti,

      Past. 190, 24.

  • Hié wilniað ðæt hié bión freó and ǽmettige (ǽmtige,

      Hatt. MS.) tó gástlicum weorcum, 134, 26.
unmarried
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  • Gif hwylc ǽmtig man (

    vacuus homo) gewemme óðres wíf . . . And gif hwylc man ðe on his rihtan gesynscipe libbe ǽmtigne man (vacuam )

    gewemme,
      Ll. Th. ii. 164, 32, 34.

  • Yfel ǽwbryce bið ðæt ǽwfæst man mid ǽmtige (émtige,

    v. l.

    ) forlicge, i.
      404, 22.

  • Hí gemengan wið ðá ǽmtegan wífmen (

    feminis vacantibus

    ),
      Past. 401, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽmettig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37844.

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