Old English · noun

metod

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈme.tod/
Syllables: ˈme · tod (2 syllables)
Modern English: fate creator maker destiny

Meaning

fate, destiny; death
maker, creator; God

Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ

A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,

Declension

Declension of metod
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metod	metodas
Accusative	metod	metodas
Genitive	metodes	metoda
Dative	metode	metodum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (“God, fate”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“fate, dispenser of fate”).

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