Ge-metan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-metan

Add: I. to measure, determine size, quantity, . fee. :-- Þé is behéfe þing, árwurða cleric, ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, Angl. viii. 303, 26. Of mínum ágenum góde ágifan þá teóðunga . . . swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan, oþþe getellan, oþþe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8. I a. with dimensions as object :-- Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét, Ll. Th. i. 226, 12. II. to apportion by measure :-- Gemet ꝥte metende gié biðon eft gemeten iúh bið, Lk. L. 6, 38. (Goth, ga-mitan: O. H. Ger. ge-mazzon.) ge-metan