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food

Variation of: mete "food"
Component of compounds
flæsċmette "flesh-food"

Paradigms

mete

N (masc)

MEAT, food

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