† ˈmeteship Obs.
Forms: 1 metscype, 3 metisupe, 4 metscip, 4–5 mets(c)hip, meteship(e, -shep, meetship.
[OE. mętscipe, f. męte meat n.: see -ship.]
The action of taking food; a repast.
| a 1000 Laws Athelstan vi. c. 8 §1 (Schmid) Habban þa xii menn heora metscype togædere. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 At ferme and at feste and masthwat at ilche laðeð metisupe. a 1300 Cursor M. 7453 Of his metscip was mesur nan, He wald ete seuen scep him an. a 1300–1400 Ibid. 12565 (Gött.) Quen he suld to metschip ga. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xxiii. (Tollem. MS.), Mete and drynke han ordinaunce and respecte to meteshep and to festis. |