gemære

Meaning

1. border, boundary

   Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemǣro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.

   At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.

   late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

2. limit

   Þā ġemǣru mīnre sprǣċe mǣnaþ þā ġemǣru mīnre weorolde.

   The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Declension