Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-gemet

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 burg-gemet

n. Measure used in a town :-- Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20. burg-gemet

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᚷᛖᛗᛖᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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