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be-metan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]
To measure by, compare, estimate, consider; metiri, commetiri, comparare, æstimare
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  • Ðæt hý ðá æt nihstan hý sylfe to nóhte bemǽtan

    that they at last compared themselves to nought

    • Ors. 3, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 60, 43.
  • Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes

    that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom

    • 3, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 62, 11.
  • Ðæt hý heora miclan ánwealdes and longsuman hý sylfe siððan wið Alexander to náhte [ne] bemǽtan

    that, in respect of their great and lasting power, they estimated themselves at nothing against Alexander

    • 3, 9
    • ;
    • Bos. 65, 39 : 4, 6
    • ;
    • Bos. 86, 17.
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