Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mittan

Back to Letter G
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-mittan

p. -mitte; pp. -mitted To find, meet; invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre :-- On hwan mæg se iunga, on gódne weg, rihtan ne rǽdran rǽd gemittan in quo corrĭgit Jūnior viam suam? Ps. Th. 118, 9. Gif ðú ðyslícne þegn gemittest if thou meetest such a man, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 8; Mód. 45. Hý gemittaþ mearclonde neáh heá hlincas they meet lofty hills near the border-land, 101 b; Th. 384, 5; Rä. 4, 23: 117 b; Th. 451, 15; Dóm. 104. Hine gemitte án man invēnit eum vir, Gen. 37, 15: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 2; Gen. 2267. Efne we ðás eall on Eufraten sæcgean gehýrdon, syððan gemittan fórwel manegu, on wudu-feldum ecce audīvĭmus ea in Euphrata, invēnĭmus ea in campis silvæ, Ps. Th. 131, 6: Cd. 80; Th. 101, 24; Gen. 1687. Hie æt burhgeate beorn gemitton they found the chief at the town-gate, 111; Th. 146, 23; Gen. 2426. Gif gé gemitton Esau mínne bróður si obvium hăbuĕris fratrem meum Esau, Gen. 32, 17. ge-mittan
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛁᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources