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ge-mittan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-mittan, p. -mitte; pp. -mitted
To find, meet; invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre
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  • On hwan mæg se iunga, on gódne weg, rihtan ne rǽdran rǽd gemittan

    in quo corrĭgit Jūnior viam suam?

      Ps. Th. 118, 9.

  • Gif ðúðyslícne þegn gemittest

    if thou meetest such a man,

      Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 8; Mód. 45.

  • Hý gemittaþ mearclonde neáh heá hlincas

    they meet lofty hills near the border-land,

    101 b;
      Th. 384, 5; Rä. 4, 23: 117 b; Th. 451, 15; Dóm. 104.

  • Hine gemitte án man

    invēnit eum vir,

      Gen. 37, 15: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 2; Gen. 2267.

  • Efne we ðás eall on Eufraten sæcgean gehýrdon, syððan gemittan fórwel manegu, on wudu-feldum

    ecce audīvĭmus ea in Euphrata, invēnĭmus ea in campis silvæ,

      Ps. Th. 131, 6: Cd. 80; Th. 101, 24; Gen. 1687.

  • Hie æt burhgeate beorn gemitton

    they found the chief at the town-gate,

      111; Th. 146, 23; Gen. 2426.

  • Gif gé gemitton Esau mínne bróður

    si obvium hăbuĕris fratrem meum Esau,

      Gen. 32, 17.
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v.  mittan ge-métan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mittan.” 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/15272.

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