ametan

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
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈme.tɑn/

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of āmetan (strong class 5)
infinitive āmetan āmetenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āmete āmæt
second person singular āmitst āmǣte
third person singular āmitt, āmit āmæt
plural āmetaþ āmǣton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āmete āmǣte
plural āmeten āmǣten
imperative
singular āmet
plural āmetaþ
participle present past
āmetende āmeten

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: ameten
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