ametan

ametan

1. inflection of ameter:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From ā- +‎ metan. Cognate with Old High German irmezzan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usmitan).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈme.tɑn/

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

• āmetendlīċ
• efenāmeten
• unāmeten

• Middle English: ameten