Old English · noun
ungemet
Normalised unġemet
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈun.jeˌmet/
- Syllables
- ˈun · je · ˌmet (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- immensityimmoderationexcess
Meaning
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immensity
-
immoderation, excess
byþ ðearle sċearp; ðeġna ġehwylċum anfeng ys yfyl, unġemetun rēþe manna ġehwylċun ðe him mid resteð.
Thorn is very sharp. It’s taking is an evil to any of thanes, measurelessly brutal to any of the men who rests at it.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From un- (“bad”) + ġemet (“measure”).
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