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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mete, Meit, v.3 P.t. met(t. [ME. and e.m.E. mete(n, meete(n, p.t. mett(e, OE. mǽtan, p.t. mǽtte.] tr. To dream. —a1500 Lanc. 363.
But so befell hyme that nycht to meit [: spreit] An aperans 1513 Doug. ii. v. 36.
Quhen the fyrst quyete Of naturale sleip … Stelis on fordoverit mortale creaturis And in thar swewynnys metis quent figuris c1590 Fowler I. 373/16.
To dreame of … drownings in the deipe, The persons that are flematyke Oft metethe in ther sleip —p.t. ? a 1500 Acts I. (Facs.) 191 red.
Ande thrw ane vysiown he mett in his slepe at Dunfermlyne a1500 Lanc. 437.
The samyne night the king his sweuen met
