Ge-metgung
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-metgung
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-metgung
- <I>Add:I> I. <I>moderation, temperance, v.I> ge-metgian; <I>II> :-- <I>Temperantia,I> ꝥ is gemetegung . . . witodlíce gemetegung is eallra mægena módor, Hml. S. I. 161 : Wlfst. 247, 15. Sam hí þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ þeáh. Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 31. I a. <I>moderation in expenditure, frugality.I> Cf. ge-metfæst, (1) :-- Spærnysse, gemetgunge <I>frugalitatis,I> An. Ox. 2122. II. <I>management, regulation,I> <I>ut magno moderamine correptio tem-peretur,I> Past. 159, 3. Gemetegunge <I>moderamen (imperil eidem regendum commisitI>), An. Ox. 4996. II a. <I>a regulation, an arrangementI> :-- Ðæt wæs wundeilicu gemetgung ðætte ðá ðá hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht, ðá wæs hé Gode micel geðúht <I>miro autem modo cum apud se parvulus, apud Deum magnus apparuit,I> Past. 113, 16. God dǽlþ manega and mistlice gemetgunga eallum his gesceaftum and welt eallra <I>multiplicem rebus gerendis modum statuit,I> Bt. 39, 5 ; F. 218, 20. Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga <I>fatum singula digerit in motum, locis, formis, ac temporibus distributa,I> F. 218, 33. III. <I>fixing of measureI> or <I>amount, measuring.I> v. ge-metgian; IV :-- Hine God gesette tó ðǽm ðæt hé gemetlíce gedǽle ðone hwǽte. Ðurh ðá gemetgunge ðaes hwǽtes is getácnod gemetlico word <I>per mensuram tritici exprimitur modus verbi,I> Past. 459, 13. v. un-gemetgung. ge-metgung