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un-mǽte

  • adjective
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un-mǽte, adj.
Immense, enormous, excessive
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  • Þeód unmǽte,

    • Cd. Th. 138, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2292.

  • Síde herigeas, folc unmǽte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1305
      • ;
    • An. 653: Menol. Fox 11
      • ;
    • Men. 6.

  • Gebrec unmǽte,

    • Exon. Th. 59. 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 954.

  • Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 28.

  • Ðæt unmǽte sár weóx

    augescente dolore nimio,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 32: 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 43.

  • Micelne swég unmǽtes wópes

    sonitum immanissimi fletus,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 29.

  • Ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan (

    immensi) hǽto ... on middel ðæs unmǽtan (infesti )

    cyles,
    • S. 627, 41, 42: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573.

  • Bóc unmǽtre ( enormis ) micelnesse,

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 633, 5: Guthl. 3
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 20, 1.

  • Mid unmǽtan here,

    • Chr. 1068
      • ;
    • Erl. 206, 21.

  • Mid unmǽte ege geslægene

    timore immenso perculsus,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 14.

  • On ǽnne unmǽtne lég geánede

    in inmensam adunati flammam,

    • 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 21.

  • Giefe unmǽte,

    • Exon. Th. 273, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 517.

  • Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras,

    • Guthl. 3
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 20, 4.

  • Ðǽr synt ða unmǽtan tyntregu,

    • L. E. I. prem.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 396, 34.

  • Ic wæs on unmǽtum costnungum winnende,

    • Homl. Ski. ii. 23 b, 578.
Etymology
[Mid unmete drunche, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 9.
O. H. Ger. un-mázi immensus, ingens.
]
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v.  un-gemǽte.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-mǽte.” 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/33523.

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