"gemæstan" meaning in Old English

See gemæstan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jeˈmæs.tɑn/
Etymology: By surface analysis, ġe- + mæstan. Etymology templates: {{surf|ang|ġe-|mæstan}} By surface analysis, ġe- + mæstan Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=ġemæstan}} ġemæstan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġemæstan<w1/pp:ġemæsted,ġemæst>}} Forms: ġemæstan [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġemæstan [infinitive], ġemæstenne [infinitive], ġemæste [first-person, present, singular], ġemæste [first-person, past, singular], ġemæstest [present, second-person, singular], ġemæst [present, second-person, singular], ġemæstest [past, second-person, singular], ġemæsteþ [present, singular, third-person], ġemæst [present, singular, third-person], ġemæste [past, singular, third-person], ġemæstaþ [plural, present], ġemæston [past, plural], ġemæste [present, singular], ġemæste [past, singular], ġemæsten [plural, present], ġemæsten [past, plural], ġemæst [imperative, past, present, singular], ġemæstaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġemæstende [imperative, present], ġemæsted [imperative, past], ġemæst [imperative, past]
  1. (transitive) to fatten Tags: transitive
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nHim becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.",
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nHim becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.",
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