A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Met], sb. measure, moderation, S; mete, dat., S; meete, S2.—AS. (ge)met. Cf. [Meten].

[ Mete], adj. meet, fitting, close-fitting, S2, S3, Prompt.—AS. mǽte, tight-fitting; cp. (ge)met, meet, fit, see SkD.

[ Mete], sb. food, a meal, feast, S, S2, C, W2, PP; meten, pl., S; meetis, W2. Comb.: mete-graces, graces at meat, S; mete-niðinges, meat-niggards, S.—AS. mete (OET): Goth. mats, from matjan, to eat; see Sievers, 263.

[ Metels], sb. dream, vision, PP; meteles, PP. See below.

[ Meten], v. to dream, CM, PP, S; meeten, S2, PP; mette, pt. s., C2, P; met, pp., C.—AS. mǽtan.

[ Meten], v. to paint, design, SD; metedd, pp., S.

[ Meten], v. to meet, PP; mette, pt. s., S.—AS. métan: OS. mótian. From AS. mót. See [Moot].

[ Meten], v. to mete, measure, S2; meete, W2; mete, P; met, S2; meten, pr. pl., W; mat, pt. s., W.—AS. (ge)metan; cp. Goth. mitan, see Sievers, 19.

[ Mete-wand], sb. a measuring stick, WW.

[ Mete-yarde], sb. measuring-rod, S3, WW.