Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-met-líce

Related words: Moderately, fitly

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-met-líce

ad moderate, modeste, apte :-- To ðon gemetlíce adeo moderate, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 26. Gemetlícost most fitly, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 32; Met. 8, 16. [O. H. Ger. ki-mezliho commode.] ge-met-lice,ge-metlice

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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