gemet
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ghemet, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognates include Old English ġemet, Old Saxon gimet, Old High German gimez.
Noun
gemet n (plural gemeten, diminutive gemeetje n)
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) gemet
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ġemet n
- 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 mild 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 rihte man ġeorne.
- Let measures and weights be set carefully.
- c. 1087, the Peterborough Chronicle, obituary for William the Conqueror
- capacity, ability; power
- rule, law
- (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.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Declension
Declension of gemet (strong a-stem)
Swedish
Noun
gemet
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