Ge-æmtian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-æmtian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-æmettigian, -æmtogian;

ge-æmtian
p. ode; pp. od [æmtian to be at leisure] To be unoccupied, be at leisure, be void; văcuum esse, văcāre :-- Ðe hie selfe geæmettigian sceoldon who ought to keep themselves unoccupied, Past. 18, 4; Swt. 134, 5; Cot. MS. : Swt. 4, 3. Geæmtiaþ eów, and geseóþ ðæt ic eam God văcāte, et vĭdēte quŏniam ĕgo sum Deus, Ps. Lamb. 45, 11. He wæs geæmtogod he was void, Homl. Th. i. 290, 21. ge-æmtian
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