gemet

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ghemet, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *gametan, equivalent to ge- +‎ meten. Cognates include Old English ġemet, Old Saxon gimet, Old High German gimez.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gemet n (plural gemeten, diminutive gemeetje n)

1. (obsolete) A measure of land roughly the size of an acre

Derived terms

• Tiengemeten

Related terms

• meten

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) gemet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of gemō

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Old English

Etymology

ġe- +‎ metan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈmet/

Noun

ġemet n

1. measure
   • c. 1087, the Peterborough Chronicle, obituary for William the Conqueror

     Hē wæs milde þām gōdum mannum þe God lufodon, and ofer eall ġemet stearc þām mannum þe wiþcwǣdon his willan.

     He was kind to the good people who loved God, and stern beyond all measure to the people who defied his will.

   • c. 1009, Æthelred's laws of the meeting at Eanham

     Ġemetu and ġewiht ryhte man ġeorne.

     Let measures and weights be set carefully.

2. measurement
3. capacity, ability
4. rule, law
5. (grammar) mood
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Þæt ōðer ġemet is þæt bebēodendlīċe. Mid þām ġemete wē hātaþ ōðre menn dōn sum þing oþþe sum þing þrōwian.

     The second mood is the imperative. With this mood we order other people to do something or to undergo something.

Declension

Declension of ġemet (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġemet	ġemetu
accusative	ġemet	ġemetu
genitive	ġemetes	ġemeta
dative	ġemete	ġemetum

Derived terms

• ġemetlīċ

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Romanian

Noun

gemet n (plural gemete)

1. Alternative form of geamăt

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Swedish

Noun

gemet

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of gem