Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆te n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆te n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF mete & L mēta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A boundary, boundary mark; metes and boundes (doles); (b) a mark, target; (c) a point, position.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1316) Deed St.Peter Glo.(3) in BGAS 3859 : Quasdam perambulationes in aliquibus forestarum illarum sub certis metis et bundis in eisdem conventis factas. ]
- [ (1325) RParl.1.434b : Les ditz..Acres tenir..par meismes les metes & boundes qe son predecessour les tient. ]
- [ (1415) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.16674 : In vico vocato Le Clos, ex parte occidentali tenementi Roberti Clyfforth, per suas antiquas metas et bundas. ]
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)592/16 : To have and to hold, the forseide diche..as the metis and boundes bitwene hem shewen.
- a1500(c1440) Let.Curteys in RS 96.3 (Add 7096)241 : A grete waste ground..in the shire of Suffolk as, be metes and doolys of olde tyme put and made, pleynly it aperith.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2857 : The canonys, the bumbard..bloweth out the voys & stonys grete..In goth the serpentyne aftir his mete.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16549 : Thow art the Mete and the Marke off alle labour.
c
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.86 : Thow jangeler..thou concludist thi silf and bryngest thee to the mete there I wolde have thee.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)5023 : Þei shullen worche al her maistrie..in certeine oures and metis And certein pointis of planetis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1471) MSS Beverley in HMC12 : [They want those liberties…confirmed, viz. That…the said burgesses be quit, as of…a certain custom which is called] metlagh.
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Note: Additional notes re: possibilities filed with slip.