Old English · adjective
gemet
Normalised ġemet
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈmet/
- Syllables
- je · ˈmet (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- grammatical moodfitmeasurepropercapacitymeasurementmeetgrammatical
gemet1 · adjective
Senses
-
fit, proper, meet
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġemet | ġemet | ġemet |
| Accusative | ġemetne | ġemete | ġemet |
| Genitive | ġemetes | ġemetre | ġemetes |
| Dative | ġemetum | ġemetre | ġemetum |
| Instrumental | ġemete | ġemetre | ġemete |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġemete | ġemetaġemete | ġemet |
| Accusative | ġemete | ġemetaġemete | ġemet |
| Genitive | ġemetra | ġemetra | ġemetra |
| Dative | ġemetum | ġemetum | ġemetum |
| Instrumental | ġemetum | ġemetum | ġemetum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġemeta | ġemete | ġemete |
| Accusative | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemete |
| Genitive | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemetan |
| Dative | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemetan |
| Instrumental | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemetan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemetan |
| Accusative | ġemetan | ġemetan | ġemetan |
| Genitive | ġemetraġemetena | ġemetraġemetena | ġemetraġemetena |
| Dative | ġemetum | ġemetum | ġemetum |
| Instrumental | ġemetum | ġemetum | ġemetum |
gemet2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
measure
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. 1087, the Peterborough Chronicle, obituary for William the Conqueror -
measurement
-
capacity, ability
-
rule, law
-
grammatical mood
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 · strong a-stem
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gamet, equivalent to ġe- + met.
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