meatte

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mattā (mat, mattress).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæ͜ɑt.te/

Noun

meatte f

  1. mat

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative meatte meattan
accusative meattan meattan
genitive meattan meattena
dative meattan meattum

Descendants

  • Middle English: matte, mat
    • English: mat (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: mat