v. Obs. [OE. ʓemélan: see Y- 3 c and MEET v.] To meet, meet with, encounter.
c. 893. Ælfred, Oros., VI. xxxi. 286. Mid þæm þæt hiene ʓemette an mon, þa he for from Actesiphonte þære byriʓ.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 109. Iselie beoð efre þa mildheortan for þi heo imetað þa mildheortnesse.
c. 1275. Wom. Samaria, 67, in O. E. Misc., 86. To alle þat heo myhte iseon oþer y-mete.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 1437. Him þouȝte imete mid is ost ar he at hom were.
c. 1300. Names of Hare, 1, in Rel. Ant., I. 133. The mon that the hare i-met, Ne shal him nevere be the bet.
c. 1305. St. Christopher, 37, in E.E.P. (1862), 60. Þe maistre þat was firs ynouȝ com & ymette him anon.