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Middle English
Noun
mæte
- Alternative form of mete (“food”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mātī.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mǣte
- moderate, mean (between two extremes)
- small, poor; bad
- (in the comparative) inferior
- (of persons) belonging to the middle or lower class, common
Declension
Declension of mǣte — Strong
Declension of mǣte — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
Adverb
mǣte
- poorly, badly