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† ˈormete, a. Obs.
[OE. or-mǽte, f. or-, without, beyond + mǽte moderate, mean, f. metan to measure.]
Measureless, immense, excessive.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 164 Þær læᵹ ða sum ormæta stan. a1100O.E. Chron. an. 1001 (Laud MS.) Þa ᵹesomnode man þær ormæte fyrde of Defenisces folces. c1200Ormin 238 Þuss hafeþþ Drihhtin don wiþþ me Þurrh hiss orrmete millce. Ibid. 13687 And shulenn unnderrfon..Orrmete pine inn helle. |
