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METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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MEAT, food Mete cibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 80. Mín mete (mett, Lind. Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29.

mete

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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.

-mete

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-mete, adj. v.
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-met, -mett

dæg-mete

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mete, es; m. [dæg a day, mete meat, food]

Daily foodquotidianus cibus

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Daily food;quotidianus cibus Dæg-mete agapis, Cot. 15, Som. Ben. Lye

mete-corn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-corn, es; n.

Corn for food

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Corn for food Ílk habbe his metecú and his metecorn, Chart. Th. 580, 7. v. next word

mete-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fæt, es; n.

A dish

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A dish Micel and rúm metfæt graves et ampla parabsis, Germ. 403, 18

Linked entry: met-fæt

mete-láf

(n.)
Grammar
mete-láf, e; f.

A remnant of food

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A remnant of food Dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe let them distribute all the remnants of food, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 7. On ðíne meteláfa in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20

mete-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-sócn, e; f.

Desire for foodappetite

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Desire for food, appetite Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ ungemetlíca metesócna, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 27

Linked entry: sócn

mete-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-þegn, es; m.

An officer whose duty it is to see after fooda sewer

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An officer whose duty it is to see after food, a sewer, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 31; Exod. 131

mete-cú

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cú, e; f.

A cow that is to furnish food

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A cow that is to furnish food Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes and i gód metecú, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. v. preceding word

mete-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-ærn, es; n.

A room for taking meals in

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A room for taking meals in Gemǽne metern cænaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 50

Linked entry: met-ern

mete-bælg

(n.)
Grammar
mete-bælg, es; m.

A bag for foodwallet

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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35

undern-mete

(n.)
Grammar
undern-mete, es; m.

Food eaten in the morningbreakfast

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Food eaten in the morning, breakfast 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.

Linked entry: undern-gereord

mete-áfliúng

(n.)
Grammar
mete-áfliúng, e; f.

Atrophyatrophia

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Atrophy; atrophia, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 44

mete-fætels

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fætels, es; m.

A wallet

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A wallet Metefætels sitarchia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 39

mete-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fisc, es; m.

An edible fish

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An edible fish Ðes metefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Som. 9, 10

mete-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
mete-gafol, es; n.

Tax or rent paid in food

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Tax or rent paid in food On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan huniggafol, on suman metegafol, on suman ealugafol, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 32

mete-seax

(n.)
Grammar
mete-seax, es; n.

A meat-knifeknife used in cutting fooddagger

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A meat-knife, knife used in cutting food, dagger Hiene mid heora metseacsum ofsticedon, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 18

Linked entry: met-seax

mete-swamm

(n.)
Grammar
mete-swamm, es; m.

An edible mushroom

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An edible mushroom Metteswam fungus vel tuber, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 52

mete-útsiht

(n.)
Grammar
mete-útsiht, e; f.

A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion

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A disease which causes food to pass the bowels without digestion Meteútsiht lienteria (λειεντερία ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 54. Meteútsihþ, ii. 53, 75

Linked entry: út-siht