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á-metan

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to measure (lit or fig.)
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  • Ðú ám[et]st

    adpendes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 21.
  • Ámet

    metitur,

      An. Ox. 20.
  • Hé ámæt eorðan

    mensus est terram,

      Cant. Ab. 6.
  • Gif gé ágiémeleásiað ðæt gé ámeten eów selfe hwelce gé sién

    dum vosmetipsos metiri negligitis,

      Past. 53, 13.
  • Ámetenum

    emenso,

      An. Ox. 947.
  • Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle,

      Bl. H. 197, 23.
  • Syndon betwyh þám twám mynstrum þreóttýne mila ámetenra (-metene,

    v. l.

    ], Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 480, 14.
  • Ámetenra

    demetarum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 18.
to mete out justice, &c.
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  • Eów bið ámeten swá swá gé ámǽton,

      Hml. Th. ii. 322, 4.
Etymology
[Goth. us-mitan: O. H. Ger. ar-mezan emetiri.]
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v. un-ámeten.
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