† metelsn.

Forms:

α. Middle English meetels, Middle English metals, Middle English metaus, Middle English meteles, Middle English metelis, Middle English metels, Middle English metelus.

β. Middle English meetel, Middle English metel.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.², -els suffix.

Etymology: < mete v.² + -els suffix.The β. forms either show suffix substitution (see -el suffix¹) or represent an inferred singular with loss of -s by confusion with the plural ending -s.

Obsolete.

A dream, a vision.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun]

swevenc897

metingOE

showing?c1225

sweveningc1275

dreamc1300

metels1340

dremels1362

night visiona1382

metreda1393

dreaminga1400

somniation1598

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 165 Ydelnesse be bysihede, Vor þise bysyhedes byeþ ase meteles.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 17 Ȝoure eldris schulen dreme meetels.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. viii. 131 (MED) Musyng of þis metelis [v.r. metels] a myle wey I ȝede; Manye tyme þis metelis [v.r. metel] han mad me to stodie.

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 75 Holy writ..clepeþ hem lesynges, schadewes, dremes, meeteles [1340 Ayenbite metinges], vanitees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	metels
释义	† metelsn. Forms: α. Middle English meetels, Middle English metals, Middle English metaus, Middle English meteles, Middle English metelis, Middle English metels, Middle English metelus. β. Middle English meetel, Middle English metel. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.², -els suffix. Etymology: < mete v.² + -els suffix.The β. forms either show suffix substitution (see -el suffix¹) or represent an inferred singular with loss of -s by confusion with the plural ending -s. Obsolete. A dream, a vision. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] swevenc897 metingOE showing?c1225 sweveningc1275 dreamc1300 metels1340 dremels1362 night visiona1382 metreda1393 dreaminga1400 somniation1598 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 165 Ydelnesse be bysihede, Vor þise bysyhedes byeþ ase meteles. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 17 Ȝoure eldris schulen dreme meetels. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. viii. 131 (MED) Musyng of þis metelis [v.r. metels] a myle wey I ȝede; Manye tyme þis metelis [v.r. metel] han mad me to stodie. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 75 Holy writ..clepeþ hem lesynges, schadewes, dremes, meeteles [1340 Ayenbite metinges], vanitees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340
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