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ge-myþe

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-myþe, es; n. [Theform and gender of the word are not quite certain. A dat. sing. fem, occurs once, but it is in a rather late charter with corrupt forms; all other instances are in dat. pl. Corresponding forms in other languages are neuter, so probably the English.]
A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure.
where one stream joins another
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  • Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386, 8-19) de Tamede múðan recto cursu in os wynnabæce . . .

    transit in ore Temede,

      C. D. iii. 382, 4-24.

  • Æfter ðám bróce ðæt hit cymð tó ðám gemýðan; of ðám gemýðan,

      389, 35 : 424, 23.

  • Andlang bróces tó ðæs cinges gemýðan; of ðám gemýðan west be bróce,

      407, 10.

  • Tó þǽm gemýþan, and æfter streáme,

      Cht. Crw. 20, 33.

  • On forde ætgénon gemýðan,

      C. D. iii. 435, 22.
  • On ðám gemíddum andlang ðǽre wealdíc . . . æft tó gemíðum, v. 346, 20-30.
  • On ðám gemíðum; west andlang Beaddingaburnan, vi. 214, 13.
  • Andlang bróces on dá mýðy ; of ðás gemýðon, iii. 48, 26.
where a river flows into the sea
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  • Æt þám gemýðum (-myndum, v. l.) Tíne streámes

    juxta ostium Tini fluminis,

      Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 573, 18.
where one road opens into another
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  • Forð on ðá denu tó ðǽra wega gemýðan,

      C. D. iii. 409, 7.
the mouth of a valley (?); cf.
Icel. dals-mynni
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  • Of Dellen norð intó ðére gemýðe; eást intó hafegeæte,

      C. D. iv. 157, 10.
  • Ymbe cráwan hyll útan ðæt hit cymeð tó ðám gemýðum ; ðæt úp be ðám gemǽnan lande in hǽðbeorh, iii. 391, 29.
opening of an enclosure (?)
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  • Andlang hagan tó hagena gemýðum ; of ðen gemýðun on Techanstedes hagan,

      C. D. v. 336, 25.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. gi-múþi: O. H. Ger. ge-mundi: Icel. mynni.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-myþe.” 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/48989.

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