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(i) meekness, gentleness, v. ge-metfæst.
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  • Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf tó eádmódnysse and gemetfæstnysse (cf.

    the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit;

    quieti et modesti spiritus, l
      Pet. 3, 4), Hml. Th. i. 98, 3.
sobriety, discretion, v. gemetfæst,
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  • Þæt sý mid micelre gestæþðignesse and gemetfæstnesse

    cum omni gravitate et modestia,

      R. Ben. 47, 14.
  • Ðæt sý mid micelre gemetfæstnesse and gestæþþignesse gedón

    ipsum cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat,

      67, 14.
moderation in food,
temperance
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  • Gang hé tó his gereorde and mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse his góda brúce, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince,

      Hml. A. 144, 16.
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v. un-gemetfæstness.
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  • ge-metfæstnys,