Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mec

Related words: ge-mæc. ge-mec

Definitions

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1 ge-mec

adj. Equal, suited, matched :-- Oððe wíf habbaþ him gemæc oððe him gemece nabbaþ either they are well-matched in marriage or have not wives suited to them, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5.

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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