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gemere [CL] 1 to utter a groan, moan, or grunt; b (of animal or bird); c (fig.). 8‥ et ~as, and ðu giomras WW; obstruso gemit altera muta palato / ex utero matris Wulf. Swith. II 208; orat, ~it, tussit, ut audiatur Map NC IV 6 f. 49. b ante ‥ pastorem jacet et ~it morbida ovis Anselm (Or. 6) III 16; debemus querere sacrificium, par turturum aut duos pullos collumbarum. ambe aves iste solent ~ere, nunquam cantare Ailr. Serm. 237D; nec ‥ soli sibi columba hec ~ere consuevit J. Ford Serm. 55. 12. c terra tremuit, tumor ille gemit gemituque fatetur / partum Walt. Angl. Fab. 23. 1. 2 to moan or groan in sorrow or complaint (also fig.); b (w. abstr. subj.). c (trans.) to lament; d (w. inf. or acc. & inf.). Britannia ‥ multos stupet ~itque annos Gildas EB 14; quamlibet ante gemens gestaret corde querelam Aldh. VirgV 841; 800 omnibus sub pondere ‥ laboris ~entibus Alcuin Ep. 197; anxius ‥ assiduo ~ebat suspirio Asser Alf. 76; fides terrorque gementem / afflictant Frith. 497; ~it et orat peccator Anselm (Or. 6) III 16; J. Howd. Ph. 582 (v. 2 gemma 3b); ~ere [ME: grunte] pro dolore magis quam pro crimine AncrR 125; ~o, A. to wayle WW. b invidia, si qua forte pullulabat, ~ens succumbebat Chr. Battle 44v. c 801 remansit senior, alios generans filios, priores dispersos ~ens Alcuin Ep. 215; in faciem sanctam ruitantes timpora nati / fletibus inmadidant, iram gemuere parentis Æthelwulf Abb. 358; digitos contorte palme insertos ac si clavos ~ebat infixos Gosc. Transl. Mild. 24 p. 191; Map NC IV 3 (v. gemebundus a); quam ~endi sunt qui aliud quippiam dulce reputant Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 3 p. 15. d hederas, cytisos ‥ / frondes deesse gemit haedus uterque sibi Neckam DS I 370; estne [Syon] per illos / libera? nequaquam, serva sed esse gemit Garl. Tri. Eccl. 20; omnis ‥ mundum gemit esse Dei laceratum / vindicta nostri pro gravitate mali Gower VC VII 1464.

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