Ge-mettan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-mettan
Substitute: ge-metta, an; m. One that eats with another, a guest, and add :-- Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml. S. 31, 610-615. [O. H. Ger. ge-mazzo conviva.] ge-mettan
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