ge-mǣtan

ge-mǣtan, wk.v: to dream. (yeh-MAT-ahn / jɛ-ˈmæː-tan)

Medieval manuscript image of three men wearing crowns asleep in the same bed; above them is a bright star and an angel emerging from a cloud with a scroll.
The Dream of the Magi from a psalter; England (Oxford), 1200-1220; British Library, Royal MS 1 D X, f. 2v. [instagram.com]

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