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ǽmetgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ǽmetgian, ǽmettigian, ǽmtig(i)an.
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  • Ic ǽmtige (émtigie, ǽmptig(i)e,

    v. ll.) vacuo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 137, 4.
fig. v. ǽmettig, II
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  • His sprǽc wæs ǽmetegod (

    vacua

    ) ðǽre mycelnyssé his gódan mægnes,
      Gr. D. 151, 1.
to be at leisure. v. ǽmettig, III
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  • Ne on dæge ðú aemtiga (

    vaces

    ),
      Scint. 31, 8.

  • Aemetgiað

    vacate,

      Ps. Srt. 45, 11.

  • Hí ǽmtian vacent, R. Ben. I. 81, 15. III a. with dat. (in Latin glosses) to devote one's self to, take time for :-- Ǽmta rǽdincge

    vaca lectioni,

      Scint. 222, 5.

  • Sé ðe émtige (

    vacet

    ) ídelnesse,
      R. Ben. I. 83, 8.

  • Rǽdinge hí ǽmtian,

      82, 9, 14.

  • Émtian, 83, 15. III b. with reflex. pron. and tó :-- Mid ymnum hé hine ǽmetegode tó Gode

    studebat hymnis Deo vacare,

      Gr. D. 282, 4.

  • Ǽmtigað eów tó rǽdinge

    vacate lectioni,

      Ælfc. Gr. 206, 13.

  • Ðá men ðe hié selfe tó ðǽre ciricean wlite ǽmtegian sceoldon,

      Past. 135, 5.
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v. ge-, un-ǽmettgian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽmetgian.” 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/37845.

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