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to measure, determine size, quantity, . fee.
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  • Þé is behéfe þing, árwurða cleric, ꝥ þú gemete on getæl,

      Angl. viii. 303, 26.
  • Of mínum ágenum góde ágifan þá teóðunga . . . swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan, oþþe getellan, oþþe áwegan,

      Ll. Th. i. 194, 8.
  • I a. with dimensions as object

    Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét,

      Ll. Th. i. 226, 12.
to apportion by measure
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  • Gemet ꝥte metende gié biðon eft gemeten iúh bið,

      Lk. L. 6, 38.
  • (Goth, ga-mitan: O. H. Ger. ge-mazzon.)
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