A-metan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-metan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- a-metan
- p. -mette; pp. -mett; [a, metan to paint] To paint, depict, adorn; pingere, depingere, ornare :-- Swelce he hit amete and atiefre on his heortan quasi in corde depingitur, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30b, 26. Firmamentum [fæstnes] mid manegum steorrum amett the firmament adorned with many stars. Bd. de nat. rm; Wrt. popl. scienc. 10, 12 Lchdm, iii. 254, 9. a-metan