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

• āmetendlīċ
• efenāmeten
• unāmeten

Descendants

• Middle English: ameten