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ge-met

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.
a measure, space, distance; mensura, spatium, intervallum
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  • Gefylle gé ðæt gemet eówra fædera

    vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum,

      Mt. Bos. 23, 32.

  • On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ

    qua mensura mensi fueritis,

      Mt. Bos. 7, 2: Mk. Bos. 4, 24: Lk. Bos. 6, 38: Cd. 80; Th. 101, 4; Gen. 1677.

  • Betweonan Eferwíc and six míla gemete

    between York and a distance of six miles,

      L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 27.
that by which anything is measured, a measure; mensura, modius, satum
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  • Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne

    let measures and weights be carefully rectified,

      L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24.

  • Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte gemetu

    modius æqualis et verus erit tibi,

      Deut. 25, 15: Lev. 6, 20: 10, 36.

  • On þrím gemetum melwes

    in furinæ saris tribus,

      Mt. Bos. 13. 33: Lk. Bos. 13, 21.
measure, capacity, ability, power, etc; mensura, facultas, potestas, vis
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  • Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów in his mód-sefan máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan, ðonne his ánes gemet, ðæt he his líchoman láde hæbbe

    the Lord's servant shall not in his mind love more of earth's riches than his own measure, that he may have support for his body,

      Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 25; Gú. 359.

  • Nis ðæt monnes gemet

    it is not man's ability,

    92 b;
      Th. 348, 12; Sch. 27.

  • Næs ðá monna gemet, ne mægen engla, ðæt eów mihte helpan

    there was then no power of men, no angel's might, that could help you,

      Cd. 224; Th. 295, 22; Sat. 490.

  • Ofer mín gemet

    above my power,

      Beo. Th. 5750; B. 2879: 5059; B. 2533: Ps. Th. 59, 11: 107, 12.
a fit or proper measure, and so metaph.
measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner; mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio
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  • Ðý læs he of gemete hweorfe

    lest he turn from moderation,

      Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 35; Crä. 25: 83 a; Th. 312, 18; Seef. 111.

  • He gemet ne con gemearcian his múþe mód síne

    he cannot set bounds to his mouth by his understanding,

    88 a;
      Th. 330, 17; Vy. 52.

  • Gytsung gemet nát

    avarice knows no bounds,

      Scint. 25.

  • Ðás miclan gemetu middan-geardes

    these great boundaries of middle-earth,

      Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 1; Cri. 827: Andr. Kmbl. 617; An. 309.

  • Eal ic hit arǽfnede ðæt ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan arǽfnan

    I suffered it all to shew you how you ought to suffer,

      Blickl. Homl. 237, 12.

  • Ealle gemete

    omni modo,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 9.

  • Ðysses gemetes

    hujusmodi,

      2, 1; S. 500, 18: 4, 9; S. 577, 7: 4, 19; S. 589, 18.

  • On ðam gemete

    quemadmodum,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 2, 21: 32, 22.
a rule, order, law; norma, regula, lex
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  • Fram ðám he ðæt gemet leornode regollíces þeódscipes

    a quibus normam disciplinæ regularis didicerat,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 35.

  • Gemetu

    normulæ,

      Cot. 138: Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 14; Sch. 46.

  • Ðínes múþes gemet lex oris tui, Ps. Th. 118, 72. VI. 1. a mood, the inflection of a verb expressing the mode or manner of action or being, abstracted from time-tense tíd q.v. and person hád IV. q.v: such as, indicative gebícnigendlíc, q.v: imperative bebeódendlíc, q.v. subjunctive under-þeódendlíc, q.v: infinitive unge-endigendlíc, q.v; modus Modus is gemet oððe ðare sprǽce wíse

    a mood is mode [manner] or the manner [wise] of speaking,

      Ælfc. Gr. 21; Sm. 23, 17.
a poetical measure, metre; metrum
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  • And ðám wordum sóna monig word in ðæt ylce gemet Gode wyrðes songes to geþeódde

    et eis mox plura in eundem modum verba Deo digni, carminis adjunxit,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 26.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-met : O. H. Ger. ki-mez.]
Derived forms
DER. eln-gemet, un-.
Similar entries
v. metan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-meotu ge-meta ge-mett ge-metu ge-met.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-met.” 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/15217.

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