See meteles in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "meatless"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"metelēas",
"meteleas#Old_English"
],
[
"mete",
"mete#Middle_English:_food"
],
[
"-les",
"-les#Middle_English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "metelēas"
},
"expansion": "Old English metelēas",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mete",
"3": "-les",
"id1": "food",
"t1": "food",
"t2": "-less"
},
"expansion": "mete (“food”) + -les (“-less”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English metelēas; equivalent to mete (“food”) + -les (“-less”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mete-les",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mete lesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "metles",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"10": "{{{3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{sup2}}}",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{comp2}}}",
"9": "",
"f3l": "",
"f5l": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"english": "Foodless and moneyless in the Malvern Hills, / musing on this dream, I went a mile's way […]",
"ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “Incıpıt paſſus decimus”, in Peeres plouheman (P, C-text), Monmouthshire: Thom[as] Dankaſtre, published c. 1400, folio 36, verso; republished as MS. HM 137, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
"text": "Meteles and moneẏles on maluerne hulles / Muſẏnge on þees meteles. a mẏle weẏ ıch ȝeode",
"translation": "Foodless and moneyless in the Malvern Hills, / musing on this dream, I went a mile's way […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking food or sustenance; foodless."
],
"id": "en-meteles-enm-adj-4NLguD8p",
"links": [
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"sustenance",
"sustenance"
],
[
"foodless",
"foodless"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 71 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 76",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -les",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 72 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 84 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 66 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Foods",
"orig": "enm:Foods",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having no meat; meatless."
],
"id": "en-meteles-enm-adj-FHyafKXD",
"links": [
[
"meatless",
"meatless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Having no meat; meatless."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛ̞ːt(ə)lɛ̝ːs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛtlɛ̝ːs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-lɛs/"
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "vision"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "vision",
"word": "metels"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of metels (“vision”)"
],
"id": "en-meteles-enm-noun-tn2TNh0h",
"links": [
[
"metels",
"metels#Middle_English:_vision"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
{
"etymology_number": "3",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "food"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "worker's lunch",
"word": "metels"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of metels (“worker's lunch”)"
],
"id": "en-meteles-enm-noun-JXZbtYWZ",
"links": [
[
"metels",
"metels#Middle_English:_food"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -les",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Foods"
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "meatless"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"metelēas",
"meteleas#Old_English"
],
[
"mete",
"mete#Middle_English:_food"
],
[
"-les",
"-les#Middle_English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "metelēas"
},
"expansion": "Old English metelēas",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mete",
"3": "-les",
"id1": "food",
"t1": "food",
"t2": "-less"
},
"expansion": "mete (“food”) + -les (“-less”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English metelēas; equivalent to mete (“food”) + -les (“-less”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mete-les",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mete lesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "metles",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"10": "{{{3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{sup2}}}",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{comp2}}}",
"9": "",
"f3l": "",
"f5l": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"english": "Foodless and moneyless in the Malvern Hills, / musing on this dream, I went a mile's way […]",
"ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “Incıpıt paſſus decimus”, in Peeres plouheman (P, C-text), Monmouthshire: Thom[as] Dankaſtre, published c. 1400, folio 36, verso; republished as MS. HM 137, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
"text": "Meteles and moneẏles on maluerne hulles / Muſẏnge on þees meteles. a mẏle weẏ ıch ȝeode",
"translation": "Foodless and moneyless in the Malvern Hills, / musing on this dream, I went a mile's way […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking food or sustenance; foodless."
],
"links": [
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"sustenance",
"sustenance"
],
[
"foodless",
"foodless"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Having no meat; meatless."
],
"links": [
[
"meatless",
"meatless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Having no meat; meatless."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛ̞ːt(ə)lɛ̝ːs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛtlɛ̝ːs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-lɛs/"
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Foods"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "vision"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "vision",
"word": "metels"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of metels (“vision”)"
],
"links": [
[
"metels",
"metels#Middle_English:_vision"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Foods"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "food"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "meteles",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "worker's lunch",
"word": "metels"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of metels (“worker's lunch”)"
],
"links": [
[
"metels",
"metels#Middle_English:_food"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "meteles"
}
Download raw JSONL data for meteles meaning in Middle English (4.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.