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ge-métan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with; invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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  • Ic geméte

    invĕnio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30, 4; Som. 34, 49: 37; Som. 39, 6.

  • He holtes hleó heáh geméteþ

    he finds the wood's, lofty shelter,

      Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 27; Ph. 429: Ps. Th. 54, 24: 87, 12.

  • Gemoetaþ

    invenerit,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 43.

  • Ealc ðæra, ðe me gemétt, me ofslyþ

    omnis qui invĕnĕrit me, occīdet me,

      Gen. 4, 14.

  • Se ðe gemét hys sáwle, se forspilþ híg

    qui invĕnit anĭmam suam, perdet illam,

      Mt. Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43.

  • Gé gemétaþ án cild hræglum bewunden, and on binne aléd

    invĕniētis infantem pannis invŏlūtum, et pŏsĭtum in præsēpio,

      2, 12: Mt. Bos. 11, 29: Mk. Bos. 11, 2.

  • Ðæs bisceopes líf is gemétte biscope wyrðe beón

    vītam episcŏpi episcŏpo dignam esse compĕri,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 30.

  • Ðú geméttes Meotod alwihta

    thou hast met the Lord of all things,

      Cd. 228; Th. 308, 23; Sat. 697.

  • He gemétte stapul ǽrenne

    he found a brazen pillar,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2123; An. 1063: 481; An. 241.

  • Geswinc and angnys gemétton me

    trībŭlātio et angustia invēnērunt me,

      Ps. Spl. 118, 143: 75, 5.

  • Ge-méte gé hine

    invĕnies eum,

      Deut. 4, 29.

  • Gif ic geméte fíftig rihtwísra wera

    si invĕnĕro quinquaginta justos,

      Gen. 18, 26, 28.

  • Gif hwá þeóf geméte

    if any one find a thief,

      L. C. S. 29; Th. i. 392, 14: L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12.

  • Ðæt we ðíne onsýne milde geméten

    that we may find thy countenance mild,

      Exon. 76 a; Th. 286, 13; Jul. 731.

  • Swá hwylce swá gé geméton

    quoscumque invĕnĕrītis,

      Mt. Bos. 22, 9.

  • Hí hæfdon neowne gefeán geméted

    they had met with new joy,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1738; El. 871: 2447; El. 1225.

  • He is gemét

    inventus est,

      Lk. Bos. 15, 24, 32.

  • Gif ðǽr beóþ gemétte feówertig rihtwísra

    sin quadraginta ĭbi inventi fuĕrint,

      Gen. 18, 29: 2, 12.

  • Gif we geméte sín on moldwege oððe feor oððe neáh fundne weorðen

    if we are met on earth's way or far or near are found,

      Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 17; Jul. 334.

  • Gif hwilc mon sí gemétod on ðínum ðam egeslícan dóme

    if any man be found at thy awful judgment,

      St. And. 47, 8.
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v.  métan ge-mittan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-métan.” 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/15223.

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