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metgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
metgian, metegian, metian; p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
to assign due measure (with dat.)
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  • Ðonan metgaþ ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum

    thence assigns to each due measure according to his deserts;

    quid unicuique conveniat, agnoscit, et, quod convenire novit, accomodat,

    • Bt. 39, 9
    • ;
    • Fox 226, 23.
to moderate, regulate (with acc.)
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  • Se ilca God se ðæt eall metgaþ

    the same God who regulates all that,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 188
    • ;
    • Met. 11, 88.
to measure in the mind, consider, meditate upon
(cf.
Goth. mitón to consider
)
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  • Ic ðíne gewitnysse on móde metegie georne

    testimonia tua meditatio mea est,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 24.
  • Ðæt ic ǽ ðíne metige

    lex tua meditatio mea est,

    • 118, 174.
  • Ic ǽ ðíne on móde metegade,

    • 118, 97, 143: 142, 5.
  • Ic on ðínre sóðfæstnesse symble meteode (

    meditabor

    ),
    • 118, 16.
  • Ic metegian ongan mænigra weorca

    meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis,

    • 76, 10.
Similar entries
v. ge-metgian.
Linked entries
v.  ge-metgian metegian.
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