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mæta

mæta

See also: mäta

Icelandic

Verb

mæta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mætti, supine mætt)

  1. (transitive, takes dative object) to meet, to encounter
    Ég mætti vini mínum á safninu.
    I met my friend at the museum.
  2. (transitive, takes dative object) to confront, to face, to brave, to breast
  3. (intransitive) to turn up, to show up, to come, to appear
    Ég mætti ekki í afmælið þitt af því að ég var veikur.
    I didn't come to your birthday because I was sick.
    Hve margir mættu?
    How many showed up?
    Fundarstjórinn mætti ekki í veisluna.
    The chairman didn't turn up at the party.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to meet): hitta
  • (to come, to show up): koma
  • (to confront): horfast í augu við, takast á við, bjóða birginn, standa andspænis

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Verb

mæta

  1. to measure
  2. to estimate

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