▪ I. † i-mete, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemǽte (= OHG. gemâȥe, MHG. gemêȥe), f. mǽte meet a.]
Moderate; meet, fit, appropriate.
| [a 1000 Cædmon's Daniel 492 (Gr.) Wearð him hyrra hyᵹe..þonne ᵹemet wæ re.] c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Temperantia þet is metnesse on englisc, þet mon beo imete on alle þing. c 1205 Lay. 6584 He wes of his speche ælche monne imete. a 1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 30 Hi ne miȝte it make Imete. |
Hence † i-metnesse, moderation.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 101 Imetnesse is alre mihta moder. |
▪ II. i-mete v.
see ymete, to meet.
▪ III. i-mete(n
ME. pa. pple. of mete v., to measure.