Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mētiz (estimable). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure).

Adjective

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mætr

  1. costly, excellent, worthy

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: mætur
  • Faroese: mætur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mæt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mæt

References

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  • mætr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.