Infinitive
| metan; mētan |
| metenne; mētenne |
Participles
| Present | metende; mētende |
| Past | (ġe)meten; (ġe)mēted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | mete; mēte |
| 2nd sing. | mitst; mētest; mētst |
| 3rd sing. | mitt; mit; mēteþ; mētt; mēt |
| 1st plur. | metaþ; mētaþ |
| 2nd plur. | metaþ; mētaþ |
| 3rd plur. | metaþ; mētaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | mæt; mētte |
| 2nd sing. | mǣte; mēttest |
| 3rd sing. | mæt; mētte |
| 1st plur. | mǣton; mētton |
| 2nd plur. | mǣton; mētton |
| 3rd plur. | mǣton; mētton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | mete; mēte |
| 2nd sing. | mete; mēte |
| 3rd sing. | mete; mēte |
| 1st plur. | meten; mēten |
| 2nd plur. | meten; mēten |
| 3rd plur. | meten; mēten |
Past
| 1st sing. | mǣte; mētte |
| 2nd sing. | mǣte; mētte |
| 3rd sing. | mǣte; mētte |
| 1st plur. | mǣten; mētten |
| 2nd plur. | mǣten; mētten |
| 3rd plur. | mǣten; mētten |
Imperative
| Singular | met; mēt |
| Plural | metaþ; mētaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'metan'
metan,
Verbs similar to 'metan'
ametan,
betan,
etan,
mætan,
meltan,
mesan,
motan,
bætan,
beatan,
began,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*metaną'.
Verbs referencing "metan"
English
mete.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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Lōca nu þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius? (Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?)
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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Hit nis nā tō metenne, þæt ġeendodlīċe wiþ þæt unġeendodlīċe. (It's not comparable, the finite with the infinite.)
Cognates
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