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ge-æmtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-æmtian, -æmettigian, -æmtogian; p. ode; pp. od [æmtian to be at leisure]
To be unoccupied, be at leisure, be void; văcuum esse, văcāre
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  • Ðe hie selfe geæmettigian sceoldon

    who ought to keep themselves unoccupied,

    • Past. 18, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 134, 5
    • ;
    • Cot. MS. : Swt. 4, 3.
  • Geæmtiaþ eów, and geseóþ ðæt ic eam God

    văcāte, et vĭdēte quŏniam ĕgo sum Deus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 45, 11.
  • He wæs geæmtogod

    he was void,

    • Homl. Th. i. 290, 21.
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