Middle English Dictionary Entry
mētren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mētren v. Also metri. |
| Etymology | From mētre n. Sense (b) perh. from L mētīrī. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To compose verse, write in meter; write (sth.) in verse, put (sth.) into meter; (b) to measure.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1415) Hoccl.York (Hnt HM 111)48 : If þat I in my wrytynge foleye..Meetrynge amis, or speke vnfittyngly.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3484 : Wel wot I moche þing is wrong, Falsly metrid, boþe of short & long.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)569 : Rethoryk metryth with orne speche amonge.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2012 : Ten bookes..entytlyd..'Of þe weddynge dytees', metryd coryously.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1/13 : For frenshe rimed or metred alway Ful oft is straunge in englishe to display.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)6564 : Be it latyn, frensh, or our tonge to-bore, ho it metre will..Be it in balede, uers..or prose..most torn and wend, metrely to close.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)41a/a : Mensor: to metre.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)55b/b : Remetior: metry.