gemetan

Senses

1. to meet, encounter, come upon

   ⁊ þǣre ilcan dæġe rād Æþelmund ealdormann of Hwiċċum ofer æt Cynemǣresford. Ðā ġemette hine Wīhstān ealdormann mid Wilsǣtum, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel ġefeoht, ⁊ þǣr bēġen ofsleġene wurdan þā ealdormenn, ⁊ Wilsǣte naman siġe.

   And on that same day Alderman Aethelmund rode from Hwicce to Kempsford. There he encountered Alderman Wihstan, who was with men of Wiltshire. And there was a great battle, and both aldermen were slain, and the men of Wiltshire won a victory.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

2. to find, discover

   Farað ardlice, and befrīnað be ðam cilde, and þonne ġē hit ġemētað, cyðað me, þæt ic máge me to him gebiddan.

   Go instantly, and inquire concerning the child, and when ye find it, let me know, that I may worship him.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

Conjugation

Senses

1. to mete, measure, determine the size or quantity

2. to measure back or again

Conjugation