metesocn
Old English
noun
Definitions
- craving or desire for food; appetite
Etymology
Compound from Old English mete (food, meat) + Old English sōcn (prosecution, act of seeking, jurisdiction, inquiry, soke).
Origin
Old English
sōcn
Gloss
prosecution, act of seeking, jurisdiction, inquiry, soke
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *matiz Proto-Germanic
- *sōkniz Proto-Germanic
- ciricsocn Old English
- flæscmete Old English
- mete Old English
- meteleas Old English
- metesacca Old English
- meteseax Old English
- meteswamm Old English
- metetid Old English
- meteþearfende Old English
- meteþegn Old English
- sōcn Old English
- meete Middle English
- mete Middle English
- soke Middle English
- sookne Middle English