ametan

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Galician

Verb

ametan

  1. inflection of ameter:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Old English

Etymology

From ā- +‎ metan. Cognate with Old High German irmezzan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan).

Pronunciation

Verb

āmetan

  1. to measure
    Eratosthenēs ǣrest āmæt þǣre eorðan ymbgang.
    Eratosthenes was the first to measure the Earth's circumference.
    • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
      ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.
      ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.
  2. to mete out
  3. to measure out, plan

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Descendants

  • Middle English: ameten