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† ˈmeteship Obs.
Forms: 1 metscype, 3 metisupe, 4 metscip, 4–5 mets(c)hip, meteship(e, -shep, meetship.
[OE. mętscipe, f. męte meat n.: see -ship.]
The action of taking food; a repast.
a1000Laws Athelstan vi. c. 8 §1 (Schmid) Habban þa xii menn heora metscype togædere. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 At ferme and at feste and masthwat at ilche laðeð metisupe. a1300Cursor M. 7453 Of his metscip was mesur nan, He wald ete seuen scep him an. a1300–1400Ibid. 12565 (Gött.) Quen he suld to metschip ga. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xxiii. (Tollem. MS.), Mete and drynke han ordinaunce and respecte to meteshep and to festis. |