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ge-metgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-metgian, -metegian, -metigian; p. ode; pp. od.
v. trans.
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain; mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere
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  • Heora wíte biþ gemetegod ǽlcum be his geearnungum

    their punishment shall be measured to every one by his deserts,

      Homl. Th. i. 294, 6.

  • Efne gemetegode ðú settest dagas míne

    ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos,

      Ps. Spl. 38, 7.

  • Hine selfne of dúneastígende he cúðe gemetgian his hiéremonnum

    se auditoribus condescendendo noverat temperare,

      Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 15; Hat. MS. 21 a, 2: 35, 1; Swt. 237, 23; Hat. MS. 45 a; 4.

  • Á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde ðæt óðer wiðerwearde gemetgian

    ever must the contrary moderate the other contrary,

      Bt. 21; Fox 74, 19: 40, 3; Fox 238, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 107; Met. 11, 54.

  • Gif ðú ne gemetgodest céle and hǽto

    if thou didst not moderate cold and heat,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 224; Met. 20, 112: Salm. Kmbl. 879; Sal. 439.

  • Beorhte steorran móna gemetgaþ

    the moon tempers the bright stars,

      Bt. Met. Fox 4, 17; Met. 4, 9.

  • Se gemetgaþ ðne bridel

    he regulates the bridle,

      Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 18.

  • God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta

    God regulates all creatures,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 9: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 10; Met. 13, 5: 24, 78; Met. 24, 39.
to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on; deliberare, meditari
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  • Ic on ðínum bebodum móte gemetgian rǽd

    meditabor in mandatis tuis,

      Ps. Th. 118, 47.
v. intrans.
To become moderate, to moderate one's self; moderari, temperari
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  • Him gemetgaþ eall éðles leóma

    to them shall all the bright fire of their home moderate itself,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2584; El. 1293.
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v. metgian.
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v.  ge-metegian metgian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-metgian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15235.

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