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lemmet

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Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛmˀəð/, [ˈlɛmˀð̩]

Noun

lemmet n

definite singular of lem

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.mɛt/, /ˈlɛ.mət/
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Hyphenation: lem‧met

Etymology 1

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Noun

lemmet n (plural lemmeten, diminutive lemmetje n)

blade (of a knife, sword, etc.)
Synonyms: kling, blad, mes

Coordinate term: gevest

Alternative forms

lemmer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lenement, from Latin linamentum.

Noun

lemmet n (plural lemmeten, diminutive lemmetje n)

wick
Synonyms: lont, pit, wiek
- 1638, Statenvertaling, Matthew 12, 20:
  Het gekroockte riet en sal hy niet verbreken, ende het roockende lemmet en sal hy niet uytblusschen, tot dat hy het oordeel sal uytbrengen tot overwinninge.
  He will not break the bruised reed, and he will not extinguish the smoking wick, until he will deliver the judgement to victory.

Finnish

Noun

lemmet

nominative plural of lempi

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