mæte
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]mæte
- Alternative form of mete (“food”)
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *mātī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mǣte
- moderate, mean (between two extremes)
- small, poor; bad
- (in the comparative) inferior
- (of persons) belonging to the middle or lower class, common
Declension
[edit]Declension of mǣte — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | mǣte | mǣtu, mǣto | mǣte |
Accusative | mǣtne | mǣte | mǣte |
Genitive | mǣtes | mǣtre | mǣtes |
Dative | mǣtum | mǣtre | mǣtum |
Instrumental | mǣte | mǣtre | mǣte |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mǣte | mǣta, mǣte | mǣtu, mǣto |
Accusative | mǣte | mǣta, mǣte | mǣtu, mǣto |
Genitive | mǣtra | mǣtra | mǣtra |
Dative | mǣtum | mǣtum | mǣtum |
Instrumental | mǣtum | mǣtum | mǣtum |
Declension of mǣte — Weak
Derived terms
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[edit]Adverb
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