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ge-æmtian
/jeæmtian /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
ge-æmtian
, -æmettigian, -æmtogian; 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.
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ge-æmtian
. l. ge-ǽmtian, and add: I. to empty, remove the material contained in something :-- Þá eágan wǽron út ádýde of þám eáhhringum, and se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod and se óðer hangode gehál, Hml. S. 21, 280. II. to free a person from occupation, give leisure to a person for a purpose :-- Hé gyrnde þ̵ hé wǽre geǽmtigod tó his gebede vacare oratione concupiscens, Gr. D. 290, 16. Ðonne hí geǽmetgade biód ðæt hié magon bet dón ðonne óðre menn meliora agere vacantes, Past. 401, 7.
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