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ge-mǽre

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-mǽre, es; pl. nom. a, o, u; n.
An end, boundary, termination, limit; finis
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  • Gemǽro

    limes,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 11, 16.

  • Gemǽre ðú settest

    terminum posuisti,

      Ps. Spl. 103, 10.

  • Ne mágon hí ofer gemǽre gegangan

    terminum non transgredientur,

      Ps. Th. 103, 10.

  • On Hwicna gemǽre and West-Sexna

    in confinio Huicciorum et occidentalium Saxonum,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 7 : 5, 23; S. 646, 25 : Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 28; Sch. 53.

  • Gemǽro eorðan

    terminos terræ,

      Ps. Spl. 2, 8.

  • Óþ gemǽru usque ad terminos, 71, 8 Ðis sind ðæs londes gemǽra

    these are the land's boundaries,

      Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 78, 20.

  • He ða gemǽro his rynes gefylde

    metas sui cursus implevit,

      Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25.

  • Eall eorðan gemǽru

    omnes fines terræ,

      Ps. Th. 66, 6 : 73, 16.

  • Mycel sǽ and on gemǽrum wíd mare magnum et spatiosum, 103, 24, On gemǽru

    in finibus eorum,

      104, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 29, 17; Met. 29, 9 : Th. Apol. 9, 14.

  • Cýð ðis folc ðæt híg ne gán ofer ða gemǽro

    tell this people not to cross the bounds,

      Exod. 19, 21, 12.
  • v. Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. viii sqq.
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v.  ge-meare ge-mére mǽre ge-mǽrian ge-mǽrung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mǽre.” 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/15129.

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