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語源

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”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈme.tod/

名詞

metod m

1. (rare, usually in compounds) fate, destiny; death
2. (poetic) maker, creator; God
   • 10th century, The Wanderer‎:

     Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
     Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ

     A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
     Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

関連する語

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