gemetegod

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈme.te.ɡod/, [jeˈme.te.ɣod]

Participle

ġemetegod

  1. past participle of metegian

Declension

Adjective

ġemetegod

  1. moderate, temperate
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds
      Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.
      There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.
    ġemetegod weder
    temperate weather

Declension

Derived terms

  • unġemetegod