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ge-æmtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,
and add:
to empty, remove the material contained in something
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  • Þá eágan wǽron út ádýde of þám eáhhringum, and se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod and se óðer hangode gehál,

    • Hml. S. 21, 280.
to free a person from occupation, give leisure to a person for a purpose
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  • Hé gyrnde ꝥ hé wǽre geǽmtigod tó his gebede

    vacare oratione concupiscens

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    • Gr. D. 290, 16.

  • Ðonne hí geǽmetgade biód ðæt hié magon bet dón ðonne óðre menn

    meliora agere vacantes

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    • Past. 401, 7.
generally reflexive,
to free oneself.
from occupation,
absolute,
to be disengaged
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  • Geǽmetgiað eów and gesióð

    vacate et videte

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    • Ps. Th. 45, 9.
with gen.
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  • Hú hié hié geǽmettian (-ǽmeti-gian, v. l.) scoldon óðerra weorca,

    • Past. 131, 5.
with prep.
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  • Þonne heó mæg hí fram hyre láre geǽmtigan,

    • Ap. Th. 22, 12.
in order to do something,
to make or get time for a purpose, devote oneself to
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  • ꝥ hé hine geǽmtogode (-émtigode, -ǽmetgode, v. ll.) Gode tó þeówianne,

    • Gr. D. 52, 8.

  • Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce,

    • 329, 12.

  • Geǽm-tigeað inc tó gebedum,

    • Past. 399, 35.

  • On tídum þám hí geǽmtian [gebróðru?] rǽding . . . þe lǽs þe sí gemét [bróðor] ásolcen, sé geémtige ídelnesse

    horis quibus vacant fratres lectioni. . . ne forte inveniatur frater accidiosus, qui vacet otioso

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    • R. Ben. l. 83, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-æmtian.” 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/46993.

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