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metan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §93; §224; §226; §505;
to mete, measure
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  • Ic mete

    metior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 31
    • ;
    • Som. 35, 32.
  • Ic meotu

    metibor,

    • Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8.
  • Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate

    everything that is measured in a vessel,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
    • ;
    • Som. 16, 8.
  • On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten

    qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis,

    • Mt. Kmbl, 7, 2.
  • Hwílum mid folmum [hé] mæt weán and wítu,

    • Cd. 229
    • ;
    • Th. 309, 22
    • ;
    • Sat. 714.
to measure out, mark off, assign the bounds of a place
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  • Se geleáfa and seó lulu mǽton ðone stede hwǽr hió drihtnes tempel rǽran woldan,

    • Prud. 80.
  • Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum,

    • Ps. Th. 15, 6.
  • Wícsteal metan

    castra metari,

    • Cd. 146
    • ;
    • Th. 183, 16
    • ;
    • Exod. 92.
to measure by paces, to traverse, pass over
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  • Him eoh fore mílpaðas mæt,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2523
    • ;
    • El. 1263.
  • Férdon forþ ðanon, féðelástum foldweg mǽton,

    • Beo. Th. 3271
    • ;
    • B. 1633: 1032
    • ;
    • B. 514: 1838
    • ;
    • B. 917.
  • Forþ gesáwon lífes látþeów lífweg (liftweg?) metan,

    • Cd. 147
    • ;
    • Th. 184, 9
    • ;
    • Exod. 104.
to measure one thing by or with another, to compare
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  • Se swég wæs be winde meten

    the sound was compared to the wind,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 31.
  • mæt ðone welan tó ðære winestran handa

    he compared wealth to the left hand,

    • Past. 50, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 389, 18.
  • Ne sint hí nó wiþ eów tó metanne

    they are not to be compared with you,

    • Bt. 13
    • ;
    • Fox 40, 10: 39, 8
    • ;
    • Fox 224, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 21, 83
    • ;
    • Met. 21, 42.
  • Tó metenne wið ðæt mód,

    • Bt. 16, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 52, 6: 32, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 116, 7.
  • Tó mettanne,

    • 18, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 62, 4.
Etymology
[
Goth. mitan
:
O. L. Ger. metan
:
O. Frs. Icel. meta
:
O. H. Ger. mezan
:
Ger. messen.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-, wið-, wiðer-metan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-met ge-metan ge-metan.
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