Participles
| Present | mēsende |
| Past | (ġe)mēsed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | mēse |
| 2nd sing. | mēsest; mēst |
| 3rd sing. | mēseþ; mēst |
| 1st plur. | mēsaþ |
| 2nd plur. | mēsaþ |
| 3rd plur. | mēsaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | mēsde |
| 2nd sing. | mēsdest |
| 3rd sing. | mēsde |
| 1st plur. | mēsdon |
| 2nd plur. | mēsdon |
| 3rd plur. | mēsdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | mēse |
| 2nd sing. | mēse |
| 3rd sing. | mēse |
| 1st plur. | mēsen |
| 2nd plur. | mēsen |
| 3rd plur. | mēsen |
Past
| 1st sing. | mēsde |
| 2nd sing. | mēsde |
| 3rd sing. | mēsde |
| 1st plur. | mēsden |
| 2nd plur. | mēsden |
| 3rd plur. | mēsden |
Verbs conjugated like 'mesan'
mesan,
Verbs similar to 'mesan'
lesan,
metan,
nesan,
wesan,
ametan,
began,
beran,
betan,
cegan,
celan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mōsijan.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ mēsan mæġ meahtelīcor (I can feed more mightily
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and eat as much as an old giant) [Exeter Book, riddle 40]
Cognates
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