meatte

Old English

Alternative forms

• matte, meatta, meatt, matt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæ͜ɑt.te/

Noun

meatte f

1. mat

Declension

Weak 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