Participles
| Present | metegiende |
| Past | (ġe)metegod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | metegiġe |
| 2nd sing. | metegast |
| 3rd sing. | metegaþ |
| 1st plur. | metegiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | metegiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | metegiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | metegode |
| 2nd sing. | metegodest |
| 3rd sing. | metegode |
| 1st plur. | metegodon |
| 2nd plur. | metegodon |
| 3rd plur. | metegodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | metegiġe |
| 2nd sing. | metegiġe |
| 3rd sing. | metegiġe |
| 1st plur. | metegiġen |
| 2nd plur. | metegiġen |
| 3rd plur. | metegiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | metegode |
| 2nd sing. | metegode |
| 3rd sing. | metegode |
| 1st plur. | metegoden |
| 2nd plur. | metegoden |
| 3rd plur. | metegoden |
Imperative
| Singular | metega |
| Plural | metegiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'metegian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'metegian'
metgian,
behegian,
beterian,
gemetegian,
getregian,
medemian,
metsian,
meþgian,
mynegian,
witegian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *metagōn (“to moderate”). Equivalent to metan (“to measure”) + -eġ + -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian metigia (“to moderate, mitigate”). See: Old Frisian 'metigia'.
Sample Sentences
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