Ge-metan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-metan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 ge-metan

p. -mæt and -mette, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; I. to measure, measure back or again; metiri, remetiri :-- On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ, eów byþ gemeten qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Mt. Bos. 7, 2: Mk. Bos. 4, 24: Lk. Bos. 6, 38. God ðú ðe heofen mid honda gemettest and eorðan on ðínre fyst betýndest God thou who has meted heaven with thy hand and enclosed the earth in thy fist [cf. Isaiah 40, 12], St. And. 47, 2. II. to measure by traversing or going over; metiri transeundo :-- And his cwén mid him medo-stíg gemæt and his queen with him measured the mead way [way to the mead-hall], Beo. Th. 1852; B. 924.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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