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mettum

food.dat.pl

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 3
Lemma: mete 'food' (oe-dat-pl)

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)
Variations
mette 'food'
Paradigms