eldertongue

Old English · noun

meting

Normalised mēting

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈmeː.tinɡ/
[ˈmeː.tiŋɡ]
Syllables
ˈmeː · tinɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English
meetingpicturedrawingpaintingassembly

meting1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. picture: drawing, painting

    On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.

    We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of meting
SingularPlural
Nominative mētingmētingamētinge
Accusative mētingemētingamētinge
Genitive mētingemētinga
Dative mētingemētingum

meting2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. meeting, assembly

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of meting
SingularPlural
Nominative mētingmētingamētinge
Accusative mētingemētingamētinge
Genitive mētingemētinga
Dative mētingemētingum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From mētan (“to draw, paint”) + -ing.

From mētan (“to meet, encounter”) + -ing.

Descendants

meeting

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