"mete" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɛːt(ə)/
Etymology: From Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mētijaz, a variant of *mētiz. More at meet. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ġemǣte|t=suitable, meet}} Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, meet”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mētijaz}} Proto-Germanic *mētijaz Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} mete
  1. suitable, fitting, appropriate
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-adj-enm:appropriate
  2. pleasing, accommodating, useful
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-adj-bQgjMC0j
  3. right in shape or size, well-fitting
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-adj-BYNr-FaI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meete
Etymology number: 3

Adverb

IPA: /ˈmɛːt(ə)/
Etymology: From Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mētijaz, a variant of *mētiz. More at meet. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ġemǣte|t=suitable, meet}} Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, meet”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mētijaz}} Proto-Germanic *mētijaz Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} mete
  1. appropriately
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-adv-u7GN6zES Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 4 19 17 9 9 9 9 9 1 4
  2. copiously
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-adv--7fIEkiz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 4 19 17 9 9 9 9 9 1 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meete
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛːt(ə)/, /ˈmɛt(ə)/ Forms: metes [plural], meten [plural]
Etymology: From Old English mete (“food”) (also met, mett, whence the forms with a short vowel). More at meat. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|mete|t=food}} Old English mete (“food”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mete, {{enm-noun|pl=metes|pl2=meten}} mete (plural metes or meten)
  1. Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
    A store or supply of food.
    Categories (topical): Foods, Meals
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:food Disambiguation of Foods: 3 2 2 8 8 14 14 14 14 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meals: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 15 13 15 6 1
  2. Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
    An individual serving of food, especially when cooked.
    Categories (topical): Foods, Meals
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:food1 Disambiguation of Foods: 3 2 2 8 8 14 14 14 14 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meals: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 15 13 15 6 1
  3. Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
    Meat; the (usually cooked) flesh of animals as (an item of) food.
    Categories (topical): Foods, Meals, Meats
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:food1 Disambiguation of Foods: 3 2 2 8 8 14 14 14 14 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meals: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 15 13 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meats: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 19 13 14 5 1
  4. Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten:
    Food that animals eat (including prey or lures)
    Categories (topical): Foods, Meals
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:food1 Disambiguation of Foods: 3 2 2 8 8 14 14 14 14 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meals: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 15 13 15 6 1
  5. Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is eaten: Categories (topical): Foods, Meals
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:food1 Disambiguation of Foods: 3 2 2 8 8 14 14 14 14 15 6 1 Disambiguation of Meals: 3 2 2 8 8 13 13 15 13 15 6 1
  6. The act of dining; a lunch.
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-cdoI2MdN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mæte, meet, meate, mette, met, meete Derived forms: bake mete, meteles
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛːt(ə)/
Etymology: From Old French mete (“boundary, mere”), from Latin mēta. More at mete. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|mete|t=boundary, mere}} Old French mete (“boundary, mere”), {{der|enm|la|mēta}} Latin mēta Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} mete
  1. boundary, target, point, position
    Sense id: en-mete-enm-noun-enm:point
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "\"Judas, you must go to Jerusalem to buy our food; / You'll have thirty pieces of silver on your back […]",
          "ref": "c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 3-4; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:",
          "text": "Iudaſ þou moſt to iurſelem oure mete foꝛ to bugge / þritti platen of ſelu[er] þou bere up oþi rugge […]",
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          "english": "And then he blew his horn that the mariners had given him / And when they that were within the castle heard that horn / they put forth many knights and there they stood upon walls / and said with one voice: / “be welcome to this castle” / […] / and Sir Palamedes entered into the castle / And after a while he was served with many diverse meats",
          "ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:",
          "text": "And thenne he blewe his horne that the maronners had yeuen hym / And whanne they within the Castel herd that horne / they put forthe many knyghtes and there they stode vpon the walles / and said with one voys / welcome be ye to this castel /[…]/ and sire Palomydes entred in to the castel / And within a whyle he was serued with many dyuerse metes",
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          "text": "Iudaſ þou moſt to iurſelem oure mete foꝛ to bugge / þritti platen of ſelu[er] þou bere up oþi rugge […]",
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          "ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:",
          "text": "And thenne he blewe his horne that the maronners had yeuen hym / And whanne they within the Castel herd that horne / they put forthe many knyghtes and there they stode vpon the walles / and said with one voys / welcome be ye to this castel /[…]/ and sire Palomydes entred in to the castel / And within a whyle he was serued with many dyuerse metes",
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