mett

See also: Mett, Mëtt, métt, and mett'

English

Alternative forms

• mitta

Noun

mett (plural metts)

1. (historical) An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:

     Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.

Estonian

Noun

mett

1. partitive singular of mesi

Middle English

Noun

mett

1. Alternative form of mette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mettr.

Adjective

mett (neuter singular mett, definite singular and plural mette, comparative mettere, indefinite superlative mettest, definite superlative metteste)

1. satisfied, full, full up (having eaten enough food)

Etymology 2

Verb

mett

1. imperative of mette

References

• “mett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mettr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛtː/

Adjective

mett (neuter singular mett, definite singular and plural mette, comparative mettare, indefinite superlative mettast, definite superlative mettaste)

1. satisfied, full, full up (having eaten enough food)

Verb

mett

1. imperative of metta

References

• “mett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

mett m

1. Alternative form of mete

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /meʰt/, /mæʰt/

Noun

mett

1. bad ideas, evil thoughts

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “meʼt”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 125
• 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎^[1], China Salar Youth League, pages 24, 30

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “met”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180