Ge-met

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-met
adj. [ge-met IV. a fit or proper measure] Fit, meet, proper; aptus, congruus, conveniens :-- Wearþ him hýrra hyge ðonne gemet wǽre he had a loftier soul than were meet, Cd. 198; Th. 247, 5; Dan. 492: 186; Th. 231, 21; Dan. 250: Andr. Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met.Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42. DER. un-ge-met. ge-met
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