mese

Meanings

Noun

• A dinner; meal.

Verb

• To moderate; subdue; abate; mollify.

Origin

• From Middle English mese, mes, mees, from Old English mēse, mēose, mīse, mȳse, probably from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa. Cognate with Scots mes, mese, Old High German mias, meas (German Mus, Gemüse), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍃. Compare Old English mēsan ("to eat, dine"), from Proto-Germanic *mōsijaną, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą, an ablaut variant of the root Proto-Germanic *matiz ("food").
• From Middle English mesen, of North Germanic origin. More at meek.