[mere-lîðend], pres. part., moving on the sea, sailor: nom. pl. mere-lîðende, [255].

[mere-stræt], st. f., sea-street, way over the sea: acc. pl. mere-stræta [514].

[mere-strengo], st. f., sea-power, strength in the sea: acc. sg., [533].

[mere-wîf], st. n., sea-woman, mer-woman: acc. sg. (of Grendel's mother), [1520].

[mergen]. See [morgen].

[met], st. n., thought, intention (cf. metian = meditari): acc. pl. onsæl meoto, [489] (meaning doubtful; see Bugge, Journal 8, 292; Dietrich, Haupt's Zeits. 11, 411; Körner, Eng. Stud. 2, 251).

ge-[met], st. n., an apportioned share; might, power, ability : nom. sg. nis þät ... gemet mannes nefne mîn ânes (nobody, myself excepted, can do that), [2534]; acc. sg. ofer mîn gemet (beyond my power), [2880]; dat. sg. mid gemete, [780].

ge-[a]met], adj., well-measured, meet, good: nom. sg. swâ him gemet þince (þûhte), (as seemed meet to him), [688], [3058]. See [un-gemete], adv.

[metan], st. v., to measure, pass over or along: pret. pl. fealwe stræte mearum mæton (measured the yellow road with their horses), [918]; so, [514], [1634].

ge-metan, the same: pret. sg. medu-stîg gemät.(measured, walked over, the road to the mead-hall), [925].