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pertaining to measuring (?)
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  • Gemetlic funalis (cf. metráp

    for connexion of a rope with measuring),

      Wrt. Voc. II. 151, 57.
measurable
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  • Gemetelice

    (mensurabiles)

    þú ásettest dagas míne,
      Ps. L. 38, 6.
meet, suitable, fit
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  • Þ hé ne wilnige wynsumran wyrde ðonne hit gemetlic sié,

      Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 21.
meeting the requirements of a case, sufficient
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  • Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng

    sufficerent ista ad exemplum miseriarum insinuata memoriae nostrae gesta per Philippum, etiamsi Alexander ei nan successisset in regnum,

    Ofs- 3i 7 i
      S. 120, I< 5.
keeping due measure, not excessive
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  • Ðurh ðá gemetgunge ðæs hwǽtes is getácnod gemetlico word

    (modus verbi)

    , ðý lǽs hira mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge,
      Past. . 159, 13.
gentle, mild. v. ge-metfæst,
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  • Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan miclum ðreán; ðá scamfæstan beóð oft mid gemetlicre láre gebetrode

    impudentes ab impudentiae vitio non nisi increpatio dura compescit; verecundos plerumque ad melius ex-hortatio modesta componit,

      Past. 205, 23.
sober, discreet, v. ge-metfæst,
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  • Hæle sceal wísfæst and gemetlic, módes snottor, gleáw in gehygdum, georn wísdðmes,

      Fii. 87.
  • Lǽrð ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlice sprǽce . . . Lǽrð ús se deófol unstillnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce,

      Wlfst. 233, 13-18.
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v. un-gemetlic.
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v.  ge-métednes.
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