Ge-met-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-met-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-met-líc

adj. Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit; moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus :-- Hæle wísfæst and gemetlíc a man wise and moderate, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 12; Fä. 87. Him gemetlíc seó may be suitable for him, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21: 40, 3; Fox 238, 21; Ps. Lamb. 38, 6. [O. H. Ger. ki-mezlih mediocris.] ge-met-lic,ge-metlic

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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