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GE-MITTING - GE-MUNAN

ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f. A meeting, an assembly; congressus :-- Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26. Wega gemittung a meeting of ways; comp&i-short;tum, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 5; Wrt. Voc. 55, 8.

gemme aGEM; gemma :-- Sweor-gemme a neck-gem or -lace; monile, Cot. 170.

gémnis, se; f. Care, anxiety; cura :-- Ne is ðé gémnise non est tibi curæ, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 40: 34: Mt. Kmbl. Lind 9, 12. Gémnisse sollicitudo, 13, 22.

ge-mód; adj. [mód mind] Of one mind, agreed; concors :-- Ðíne freónd næfst ðé swá gemóde swá swá ðú woldest thou hast not thy friends in such agreement with thee as thou wouldest, Shrn. 182, 5. Wæs ðú gemód ðínum ðæm weðerwearde esto consentiens adversario tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 25. Gemóde conjurati, Cot. 36. [Cf. geméde.]

ge-módod; part. [mód the mind] Minded, disposed; pr&o-long;nus, procl&i-long;vis :-- Sume beóþ þwyrlíce gemódode some are perversely minded, Homl. Th. i. 524, 18.

ge-módsumian; p. ode; pp. od To agree; concord&a-long;re :-- We geþiédaþ and gemódsumiaþ to ðæra yfelena freóndscipe we associate and agree in the friendship of the wicked, Past. 46, 6; Swt. 355, 7; Hat. MS. 67 b, 18. [O. H. Ger. ki-mótsamón consacrare.]

ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f. Agreement, concord; concordia :-- He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ki-mótsam commodus.]

ge-molsnian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To corrupt, decay, wither; putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere :-- He ðæ-acute;r on moldan gemolsnaþ he shall there rot in the earth, Blickl. Homl. 109, 32. Míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode my dwellings are decayed and perished, 113, 26. Gemolsnad flæ-acute;sc tabes, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Wrt. Voc. 20, 16: Solil. 2. Swá gemolsnad wyrt as a withered herb, Ps. Th. 89, 6. v. molsnian.

ge-molten molten, melted. v. ge-meltan.

ge-mon ic, he I remember, he remembers, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624: Beo. Th. 3407; B. 1701. v. ge-munan.

ge-monan to remember :-- Gemona recordare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 25. Seó leó gemonþ [ = geman] ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrena [MS. eldrana] the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12. v. ge-munan.

ge-mone. v. ge-mane.

ge-mong, es; n. A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus :-- Ðæ-acute;r is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo. Th. 3290; B. 1643. On clæ-acute;nra gemong in the company of the pure, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 24; Jul. 420: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193: 12; Thw. 26, 1; Jud. 304. Wyrta gemong aromata, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 56. Ðæt gemong mixtura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 39. v. ge-mang.

ge-mong among. v. ge-mang.

ge-monian, -monigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To admonish, exhort, remind :-- Ealle ða gemoniaþ módes fúsne féran to síþe all these admonish the prompt of mind to go on a journey, Exon. 82 a; Tb. 308, 25; Seef. 50: 88 b; Th. 333, 19; Gn. Ex. 6: 52 a; Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314: Cd. 49; Th. 63, 9; Gen. 1029. v. ge-manian.

ge-monige may remind, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 9; Gen. 1029. v. ge-monian.

ge-monigfealdian; p. ode To increase, multiply; amplificare :-- Ðætte gemonigfaldade &l-bar; gewóxe quod abundabat, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. Gimonigfalda multiplica, Rtl. 8, 90. Gemonigfealdode multiplied, Blickl. Homl. 107, 25: Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40. v. ge-mænigfealdian.

ge-monnad manned, supplied with men. v. ge-mannian.

ge-mót, es; n. A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council; conventus, congregatio, concursus :-- Gármitting gumena gemót wæ-acute;pengewrixl the meeting of spears, concourse of men, exchange of weapons, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 16; Æðelst. 50: Exon. 72 a; Th. 268, 3; Jul. 426. Gif he leng bide láðran gemótes if he should longer await a more hostile meeting, 36 a; Th. 116, 15; Gú. 207: Byrht. Th. 140, 40; By. 301. Híg hæfdon mycel gemót they held a great council, Mt. Bos. 26, 4: 26, 59: 28, 12. Se gedwola cwæþ gemót ongeán ðone bisceop the heretic proclaimed a council against the bishop, Homl. Th. i. 290, 12. Ðú me oft aweredest wyrigra gemótes protexisti me a conventu malignantium, Ps. Th. 63, 2: Andr. Kmbl. 2120; An. 1061: Exon. 34 a; Th. 109, 31; Gú. 98. Ðæ-acute;r monig beoþ on gemót læ-acute;ded fore onsýne éces déman there many a one shall be brought to the assembly before the face of the eternal Judge, 19 b; Th. 50, 5; Cri. 795: 21 b; Th. 58, 30; Cri. 943: 23 a; Th. 63, 29; Cri. 1027. On gemót cuman to come to the assembly, Elen. Kmbl. 558; El. 279. Gif hwá gemót forsitte if any one fail to attend the 'gemot,' L. Athelst. 20; Th. i. 208, 26. Hwí biþ elles æ-acute;lce dæge swelc seófung and swelce geflítu and gemót and dómas why else is every day such sorrow and such contentions and assemblies and judgments, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 16. ¶ Witena gemót an assembly of the wise [sapientum conventus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 23]; the supreme council of the Anglo-Saxon nation or parliament. Mr. Kemble, in his 'Saxons in England,' vol. ii. page 203, A. D. 1849, says-'The proper [Anglo-] Saxon name for these assemblies was Witena gemót, literally the meeting of the witan [or the wise or experienced]; but we also find,-Micel gemót the great meeting; Sinoþlíc gemót the synodal meeting; Seonoþ the synod. The Latin names are Conc&i-short;lium, Conventus, Syn&o-short;dus, Syn&o-short;d&a-long;le conc&i-short;li&a-long;b&u-short;lum, and the like. Although syn&o-short;dus and seonoþ might more properly be confined to ecclesiastical conventions, the Saxons do not appear to have made any distinction; probably because ecclesiastical and secular regulations were made by the same body, and at the same time.... It is very probable that the ... system of separate houses for the clergy and laity prevailed ..., and that merely ecclesiastical affairs were decided by the king and clergy alone. It is probable that even in strictly ecclesiastical synods, the king had a presidency at least, as head of the church in his dominions, Cod. Dipl. 116; A. D. 767; Kmbl. i. 142, 143. There are some acts [of the Witena Gemót], in which the signatures are those of clergymen only, others in which the clerical signatures are followed and, as it were, confirmed by those of the laity; and in one remarkable case of this kind, the king signs at the head of each list, as if he had in fact affixed his mark successively in the two houses, as president of each.' See above, Cod. Dipl. 116. Se cyng hæfde ðæ-acute;r [MS. ðæs] on morgen witena gemót on the morrow the king [Edward] had there a meeting of the wise, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 9. Wæs ðá witena gemót then there was a meeting of the wise, 1052; Erl. 184, 35. Hæfde Eádwerde cing witena gemót on Lunden king Edward had a meeting of the wise in London, 1050; Erl. 176, 9. See also Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. cap. vi. Bisceopa gemót a meeting of bishops, Bd. 1, 14: S. 482, 3.5. Be geotum of moots. And séce man hundred-gemót swá hit æ-acute;r geset wæs; hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burh-gemót; and túwa, scir-gemót, and ðæ-acute;r beó on ðære scire bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðæ-acute;r æ-acute;gðer tæ-acute;can ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a city-moot be held; and twice a shire-moot; and let there be present the bishop of the shire and the alderman, and there each expound both God's law [right] and the world's law, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 1-5. Ðás gemót these moots, ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 15. See Schmid A. S. Gesetz. 595-6. DER. burh-gemót, folc-, halle-, hundred-, scir-.

gemót-ærn, -ern, es; n. [gemót; ærn, ern a place] A meeting-place, senate-house, hall; conveniendi locus, aula :-- Ahleópon ðá ealle, and hine mid heora metseaxum ofsticedon on heora gemótærne [MS. gemóterne] then [the consuls and the senate] all jumped up, and stabbed him [Julius Cæsar] with their daggers in their senate-house, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 112, 25. Gemótern in pretorio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 27.

ge-mótod discussed, Th. Chart. 172, 10, v. mótian.

gemót-stede, es; m. A meeting-place; conv&e-short;niendi l&o-short;cus :-- On ge-mótstede manna and engla in the meeting-place of men and angels, Soul. Kmbl. 296; Seel. 152.

gemót-stów, e; f. [gemót, stów a place] A meeting-place, council; conveniendi locus, concilium :-- Gemótstów vel ceorla samnung a meeting-place or a meeting of freemen; compita, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 66, 110; Wrt. Voc. 36, 32. Ic ne sæt mid gemótstówe ydelnyssa non sedi cum concilio vanitatis, Ps. Spl. T. 25, 4.

ge-mun; adj. Mindful, having a recollection :-- Swá gemune menn wæ-acute;ron æ-acute;lces bróces men had such a recollection of every trouble, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 2. v. ge-myne.

ge-munan; ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari :-- Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not with sincere heart bear in mind and consider, Blickl. Homl. 55, 11. Hie nellaþ gemunan ðone dæg heora forþfóre they will not remember the day of their departure, 61, 4. Ne geman heó ðære hefinysse non meminit pressuræ, Jn. Bos. 16, 21. Gif he ðæt eal gemon if he remembers that all, Beo. Th. 2375; B. 1185. Ic ðé ðæs leán geman I will remember a reward for thee for it, 2445; B. 1220. Ic gemune ðé recordor tui, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 2. Ic gemuna meditabor, Ps. Spl. 62, 7. Seó leó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12. Hie ðæt eall gemunan and ðurh ðæt leóht gemanode beóþ they remember all that and are admonished by the light, Blickl. Homl. 129, 21: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 48, 30. Hie gemunaþ ða mycclan eáðmódnesse they recollect his great humility, Blickl. Homl. 129, 10. Ðonne gé gemunaþ Drihten eówerne God when ye remember the Lord your God, Deut. 4, 29. Ðá gemunde God sunu Lameches then God remembered Lamech's son, Cd. 71; Th. 84, 33; Gen. 1407: 121; Th. 156, 8; Gen. 2585. Híg gemundon his worda recordati sunt verborum ejus, Lk. Bos. 24, 8. Gemundon weardas wíg-leóþ the watchmen remembered the war-song, 154; Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220. Gemun ðín mann-weorod memento congregationis tui, Ps. Th. 73, 2. Gemune ðú manigra bearna ðe on Edom synt memento filiorum Edom, 136, 7: 118, 49: Ps. Spl. 24, 6. Gemunaþ mínre spræ-acute;ce mementote sermons mei, Jn. Bos. 15, 20. Gemunaþ ðæt gé silfe wæ-acute;ron þeówe on Egipta lande remember that ye yourselves were slaves in Egypt, Deut. 5, 15; Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 4; Jul. 641. Gemunon we úre dæghwamlícan synna let us be mindful of our daily sins, Blickl. Homl. 25, 14: Cd. 217; Th. 277, 11; Sat. 202. Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon if they had remembered all the benefits, Byrht. Th. 137, 35. Ne biþ gemunen non memoretur, Ps. Spl. 82, 4. v. munan.