▪ I. † mette Obs.
[OE. ᵹemętta:—OTeut. type *ga-matjon-, f. *ga- (synon. with L. com-) + *mat- meat n.]
A companion at meat.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 282 Þa ᵹemettan ne moston þæs lambes ban scænan. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 41 Pacience and ich weren yput to be mettes, And seten by our selue at a syd-table. |
▪ II. mette
see meet, met, mete.