metgian

Old English

Alternative forms
  • meteġian
  • metian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *metōną (“to measure, assign, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to think about, reason, decide”). Cognate with Old Frisian metigia (“to moderate, mitigate”), Old High German mezzōn (“to moderate, mitigate”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (miton, “to plan, think about; reason, ponder; argue, debate; think, be concerned for”), Latin meditor (“think, reflect, consider”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmetjiɑn/

Verb

metġian

  1. to moderate, control, govern
  2. to weigh in mind, consider
  3. to assign due measure to
  4. to prepare
  5. to regulate

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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