See gemetan on Wiktionary
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"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\n⁊ 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.",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "5",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemetan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemetenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemæt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemitst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemitt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemæt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemetaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemǣton",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemeten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemǣten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemet",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemetaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemetende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġemeten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ġemetan"
},
"expansion": "ġemetan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ġemetan<s5>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to mete, measure, determine the size or quantity"
],
"links": [
[
"mete",
"mete"
],
[
"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"determine",
"determine"
],
[
"size",
"size"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
]
],
"tags": [
"West-Saxon"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to measure back or again"
],
"links": [
[
"again",
"again"
]
],
"tags": [
"West-Saxon"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jeˈme.tɑn/"
}
],
"word": "gemetan"
}
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