"ametan" meaning in Old English

See ametan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɑːˈme.tɑn/
Etymology: From ā- + metan. Cognate with Old High German irmezzan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan). Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ā|metan}} ā- + metan, {{cog|goh|irmezzan}} Old High German irmezzan, {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|āmetan}} āmetan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|āmetan<s5>}} Forms: āmetan [canonical], strong [table-tags], āmetan [infinitive], āmetenne [infinitive], āmete [first-person, present, singular], āmæt [first-person, past, singular], āmitst [present, second-person, singular], āmǣte [past, second-person, singular], āmitt [present, singular, third-person], āmit [present, singular, third-person], āmæt [past, singular, third-person], āmetaþ [plural, present], āmǣton [past, plural], āmete [present, singular], āmǣte [past, singular], āmeten [plural, present], āmǣten [past, plural], āmet [imperative, past, present, singular], āmetaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], āmetende [imperative, present], āmeten [imperative, past]
  1. to measure
    Sense id: en-ametan-ang-verb-3azuFF3K
  2. to mete out
    Sense id: en-ametan-ang-verb-cuN5hdKR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 31 18 1 26 25 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with a-: 32 28 2 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 6 2 33 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 1 34 31
  3. to measure out, plan
    Sense id: en-ametan-ang-verb-7xmU0iW0 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 31 18 1 26 25 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with a-: 32 28 2 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 6 2 33 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 1 34 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āmetendlīċ, efenāmeten, unāmeten
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āmetendlīċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "efenāmeten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unāmeten"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "ameten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ameten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ameten"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ā",
        "3": "metan"
      },
      "expansion": "ā- + metan",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "irmezzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German irmezzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ā- + metan. Cognate with Old High German irmezzan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āmetan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmitst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmitt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmetan"
      },
      "expansion": "āmetan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmetan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Eratosthenes was the first to measure the Earth's circumference.",
          "text": "Eratosthenēs ǣrest āmæt þǣre eorðan ymbgang.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.",
          "text": "Caedmon's metrical paraphrase\n...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to measure"
      ],
      "id": "en-ametan-ang-verb-3azuFF3K",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 18 1 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 28 2 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with a-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 2 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 3 1 34 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mete out"
      ],
      "id": "en-ametan-ang-verb-cuN5hdKR",
      "links": [
        [
          "mete out",
          "mete out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 18 1 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 28 2 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with a-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 2 33 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 3 1 34 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to measure out, plan"
      ],
      "id": "en-ametan-ang-verb-7xmU0iW0",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure out",
          "measure out"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːˈme.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ametan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 5 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms prefixed with a-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āmetendlīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "efenāmeten"
    },
    {
      "word": "unāmeten"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "ameten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ameten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ameten"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ā",
        "3": "metan"
      },
      "expansion": "ā- + metan",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "irmezzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German irmezzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ā- + metan. Cognate with Old High German irmezzan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āmetan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmitst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmitt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmetende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmetan"
      },
      "expansion": "āmetan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmetan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Eratosthenes was the first to measure the Earth's circumference.",
          "text": "Eratosthenēs ǣrest āmæt þǣre eorðan ymbgang.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.",
          "text": "Caedmon's metrical paraphrase\n...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to measure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mete out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mete out",
          "mete out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to measure out, plan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure out",
          "measure out"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːˈme.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ametan"
}

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