A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ meteūtsiht] f. dysentery, WW.

[ +metfæst] moderate, reasonable, modest.

[ +metfæstan] (æ¹, e²) to compare, LPs 48²¹.

[ +metfæstlic] moderate. adv. -līce modestly, humbly, meekly.

[ +metfæstnes] f. moderation, modesty, BH.

metfæt = [metefæt]

[ +metfæt] n. a measure (vessel), Æ.

+metfest- = +metfæst-

[ metgeard] f. measuring-stick, rod, pole, perch, WW 147²⁰.

[ ±metgian] to moderate, control, govern, Æ, CP: weigh in mind, consider: assign due measure to.