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un-gemetlíce

  • adverb
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un-gemetlíce, adv.
immoderately, beyond measure, excessively, too (much)
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  • Se ðe wile ungemetlíce gesceádwís beón,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 67, 6.

  • Tantalus ðe ungemetlíce gifre wæs,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 168, 33.

  • Gé wilniaþ eówerne hlísan ungemetlíce tó gebrǽdanne,

    • 18, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 62, 18.

  • Ne nán preóst ne drince ungemetelíce,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 29
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 352, 28.

  • Hú ungemetlíce gé bemurciaþ,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 17.

  • Ongan hió hine lufian, and hiora ǽgþer óþerne swíþe ungemetlíce,

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 194, 25.

  • Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó swíþe and tó ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige,

    • Past. 15
      • ;
    • Swt. 95, 17.

  • Ðæt hié tó ungemetlíce ne forweaxen

    ne immoderatius excrescant,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 141, 6: 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 167, 14.
immensely, exceedingly, very greatly
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  • Ðá wearð Cain ungemetlíce yrre

    iratus est Cain vehementer,

    • Gen. 4, 5.

  • Seó wæs ungemetlíce micel

    serpens mirae magnitudinis,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 174, 4.

  • Sió eá hæfde ungemettlíce ceald wæter

    praefrigidus amnis,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 124, 29.

  • Ic eom swíþe ungemetlíce ofwundrod

    vehementer admiror,

    • Bt. 13; Fox 40, 4.,

  • Isaac wundrode ungemetlíce swíðe

    Isaac ultra quam credi potest admirans,

    • Gen. 27, 33.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-gimezlíhho hyperbolice.
]
Similar entries
v. un-metlíce.
Linked entries
v.  ge-metlíce ungemetelíce un-metlíce.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gemetlíce.” 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/33183.

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