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  • Hé mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð,

      Angl. ix. 259, 23.

  • Hý getrymedon him word mǽte

    firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum,

      Ps. Rdr. 63, 6.

  • Micle ge méttan,

      C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.

  • Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran ðonne nýtenu,

      Hml. A. 145, 27.

  • Swá bióð þá midmestan (mǽstan,

    v.l.) men onmiddan þám spácan, and þá betran neár þǽre nafe, and þá mǽtran neár ðǽm felgum . . . þá felga longiað on þǽm spácan. . . swá dóð þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men on þǽm midmestum, and þá midmestan on þǽm betstan . . . þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l. )

    ealle hiora lufe wenden tó ðisse weorulde,
      Bt. 39, 7; S. 130, 1-9.
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v. byrþen-, pund-, úþ-mǽte.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55037.

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