metels

Middle English

Alternative forms

• meteles

Etymology

From mete +‎ -els.

Noun

metels

1. dream, vision
   • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:

     What þis meteles bemeneth · ȝe men þat be merye / Deuine ȝe for I ne dar · bi dere god in heuene.

     What this vision means, you men that are merry, you divine, for I dare not, by dear God in heaven.