"metod" meaning in Old English

See metod in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈme.tod/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*metōduz}} Proto-Germanic *metōduz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*med-||to measure}} Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”), {{cog|osx|metod||creator, God}} Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), {{cog|non|mjǫtuðr||God; fate}} Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} metod m, {{ang-noun|m}} metod m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|metod}}, {{ang-decl-noun|metod|metodas|metod|metodas|metodes|metoda|metode|metodum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], metod [nominative, singular], metodas [nominative, plural], metod [accusative, singular], metodas [accusative, plural], metodes [genitive, singular], metoda [genitive, plural], metode [dative, singular], metodum [dative, plural]
  1. (poetic) maker, creator; God Tags: masculine, poetic Synonyms: meted, metud, meotod, meotud
    Sense id: en-metod-ang-noun-tK-nY~Pv Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*metōduz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *metōduz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "metod",
        "3": "",
        "4": "creator, God"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "mjǫtuðr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "God; fate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated \"fate, destiny\". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metoda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "metod m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "metod m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metod"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metod",
        "2": "metodas",
        "3": "metod",
        "4": "metodas",
        "5": "metodes",
        "6": "metoda",
        "7": "metode",
        "8": "metodum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A loner oft waits a grace for himself,\nCreator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer",
          "text": "Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,\nMetudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maker, creator; God"
      ],
      "id": "en-metod-ang-noun-tK-nY~Pv",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "maker",
          "maker"
        ],
        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) maker, creator; God"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meted"
        },
        {
          "word": "metud"
        },
        {
          "word": "meotod"
        },
        {
          "word": "meotud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tod/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metod"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*metōduz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *metōduz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "metod",
        "3": "",
        "4": "creator, God"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "mjǫtuðr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "God; fate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated \"fate, destiny\". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metoda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metodum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "metod m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "metod m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metod"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "metod",
        "2": "metodas",
        "3": "metod",
        "4": "metodas",
        "5": "metodes",
        "6": "metoda",
        "7": "metode",
        "8": "metodum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English poetic terms",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 4 entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A loner oft waits a grace for himself,\nCreator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer",
          "text": "Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,\nMetudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maker, creator; God"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "maker",
          "maker"
        ],
        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) maker, creator; God"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tod/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "meted"
    },
    {
      "word": "metud"
    },
    {
      "word": "meotod"
    },
    {
      "word": "meotud"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metod"
}

Download raw JSONL data for metod meaning in Old English (3.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). 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.