meteþegn

Old English

noun

Definitions

a food-officer; one whose duty is to look after food; sewer#Etymology 2|sewer

Etymology

Compound from Old English mete (food, meat) + Old English þegen (servant).

Origin

Old English

þegen

Gloss

servant

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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Distribution of cognates by language

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Cognates and derived terms

*matiz Proto-Germanic
flæscmete Old English
mete Old English
meteleas Old English
metesacca Old English
meteseax Old English
metesocn Old English
meteswamm Old English
metetid Old English
meteþearfende Old English
þegen Old English
meete Middle English
mete Middle English