gemet

gemet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of gemō

From ġe- +‎ metan.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈmet/

ġemet n

1. 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.

2. capacity, ability; power
3. rule, law
4. (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.

gemet

1. definite singular of gem