gemære

Old English

Alternative forms

• gæmære — Anglian
• ġemæro

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamairiją. Equivalent to ġe- +‎ mǣre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈmæː.re/

Noun

ġemǣre n

1. border, boundary
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemǣro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.

     At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.

2. limit

   Þā ġemǣru mīnre sprǣċe mǣnaþ þā ġemǣru mīnre weorolde.

   The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġemǣre	ġemǣru
accusative	ġemǣre	ġemǣru
genitive	ġemǣres	ġemǣra
dative	ġemǣre	ġemǣrum

Derived terms

• landġemǣre