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> m
e
te
N (masc)
MEAT,
food
Source:
Ringe 2014
:236,
https://bosworthtoller.com/22712
Attested in
Aelfric's Colloquy 3
,
Aelfric's Colloquy 4
originates from: PGmc
*matiz
"food" (matiz
>
mati
>
mæti
>
meti
>
mete) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:236)
Inflected forms
mettum
"food
.dat.pl
" (
oe-dat-pl
)
Variations
mette
"food"
Paradigms