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undern-mete

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
undern-mete, es; m.
Food eaten in the morning, breakfast
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  • Under-mete

    prandium,

    ǽfenmete

    cena,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 65.
  • Uton brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon

    prandete tamquam apud inferos coenaturi,

    • Ors. 2, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 86, 1.
  • Undernmete

    prandium,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 4.
Etymology
[An orendron mete, ordrone mete merenda; to etc orendron mete merendare,
  • Cath. Angl. 261
, where see note.
Goth. undaurni-mats άριστoν, prandium.
]
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v.  undern-gereord.
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