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met

  • noun
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  • Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum (

    these means are to be employed in small doses and with great caution

    (?),
      Lch. ii. 30, 30.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. mez mensura: Icel. met; n. pl. weights of a balance.]
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v. or-, wer-met: -mét.
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v. métto.
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