mere, st. m., _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. se mere, 1363; acc. sg. on mere, 1131, 1604; on nicera mere, 846; dat. sg. fram mere, 856. mere-deór, st. n., _sea-beast_: acc. sg., 558. mere-fara, w. m., _seafarer_: gen. sg. mere-faran, 502. mere-fix, st. m., _sea-fish_: gen. pl. mere-fixa (_the whale_, cf. 540), 549. mere-grund, st. m., _sea-bottom_: acc. sg., 2101; acc. pl. mere-grundas, 1450. mere-hrägl, st. n., _-sea-garment_, i.e., sail: gen. pl. mere-hrägla sum, 1906. mere-lîðend, pres. part., _moving on the sea, sailor_: nom. pl. mere-lîðende, 255. mere-stræt, st. f., _sea-street, way over the sea_: acc. pl. mere-stræta 514. mere-strengo, st. f., _sea-power, strength in the sea_: acc. sg., 533. mere-wîf, st. n., _sea-woman, mer-woman_: acc. sg. (of Grendel's mother), 1520. mergen. See morgen. met, st. n., _thought, intention_ (cf. metian = meditari): acc. pl. onsæl meoto, 489 (meaning doubtful; see Bugge, Journal 8, 292; Dietrich, Haupt's Zeits. 11, 411; Körner, Eng. Stud. 2, 251). ge-met, st. n., _an apportioned share; might, power, ability _: nom. sg. nis þät ... gemet mannes nefne mîn ânes (_nobody, myself excepted, can do that_), 2534; acc. sg. ofer mîn gemet (_beyond my power_), 2880; dat. sg. mid gemete, 780. ge-met, adj., _well-measured, meet, good_: nom. sg. swâ him gemet þince (þûhte), (_as seemed meet to him_), 688, 3058. See un-gemete, adv. metan, st. v., _to measure, pass over_ or _along_: pret. pl. fealwe stræte mearum mæton (_measured the yellow road with their horses_), 918; so, 514, 1634. ge-metan, the same: pret. sg. medu-stîg gemät.(_measured, walked over, the road to the mead-hall_), 925. metod, st. m. (the measuring, arranging) _Creator, God_: nom. sg., 110, 707, 968, 1058, 2528; scîr metod, 980; sôð metod, 1612; acc. sg. metod, 180; dat. sg. metode, 169, 1779; gen. sg. metodes, 671.--Comp. eald-metod. metod-sceaft, st. f.: 1) _the Creator's determination, divine purpose, fate_: acc. sg. -sceaft, 1078.--2) _the Creators glory_: acc. sg. metod-sceaft seón (i.e. die), 1181; dat. sg. tô metod-sceafte, 2816. mêce, st. m., _sword_: nom. sg., 1939; acc. sg. mêce, 2048; brâdne mêce, 2979; gen. sg. mêces, 1766, 1813, 2615, 2940; dat. pl. instr. mêcum, 565; gen. pl. mêca, 2686.--Comp.: beado-, häft-, hilde-mêce. mêd, st. f., _meed, reward_: acc. sg. mêde, 2135; dat. sg. mêde, 2147; gen. pl. mêda, 1179. ge-mêde, st. n., _approval, permission_ (Grein): acc. pl. ge-mêdu, 247. mêðe, adj., _tired, exhausted, dejected_: in comp. hyge-, sæ-mêðe. mêtan, w. v., _to meet, find, fall in with_: with acc., pret. pl. syððan Äscheres ... hafelan mêtton, 1422; subj. pret. sg. þät he ne mêtte ... on elran man mundgripe mâran (_that he never met, in any other man, with a mightier hand-grip_), 752. ge-mêtan, with acc., the same: pret. sg. gemêtte, 758, 2786; pl. näs þâ long tô þon, þät þâ aglæcean hy eft gemêtton (_it was not long after that the warriors again met each other_), 2593.