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métan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
métan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§129; §298; §531;
To meet with, come upon, come across, find
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  • Ealle ðe hé mildheorte méteþ and findeþ,

    • Ps. Th. 75, 6.

  • For ðý hí hit ne gemétaþ (MS. Cott. métaþ) ðe hí hit on riht ne sécaþ,

    • Bt. 36, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 178, 4.

  • Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne,

    • Bt. 30, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 16
      • ),
    • Bt. Met. Fox 17, 34
      • ;
    • Met. 17, 17
      • .

  • Moette

    offendit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 41.

  • Métte,

    • 63, 35.

  • Ðá eode hé furþor óþ hé gemétte (MS. Cott. métte) ða Parcas

    then he went on until he came upon the Fates,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 168, 24.

  • Ðá métte hé ðane man forþféredne

    he found the man departed,

    • Blickl. Homl. 217, 17.

  • Hé ne métte mundgripe máran,

    • Beo. Th. 1506
      • ;
    • B. 751: Andr. Kmbl. 942
      • ;
    • An. 471: 1106
      • ;
    • An. 553.

  • Hé þreó métte róda ætsomne

    he came upon three crosses together,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1663
      • ;
    • El. 833.

  • Hí métton

    invenerunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 106, 4.

  • Nime se ðe hit on his æcere méte,

    • L. In. 42
      • ;
    • Th. i. 128, 14.

  • Swá ǽr swá hé hádes wyrþne mon métan mihte

    as soon as he could meet with a man worthy of the (episcopal) rank,

    • Bd. 3, 29
      • ;
    • S. 561, 26.

  • Ðǽr byþ sóþ symble méted

    truth is ever found there,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 160.

  • Ðæt sigorbeácen méted wǽre, funden in foldan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1969
      • ;
    • El. 986.
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-mótjan
:
O. Sax. mótian
:
O. Frs. méta
:
Icel. mœta.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-métan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “métan.” 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/22709.

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