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From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”).
metod m
- (poetic) maker, creator; God
10th century, The Wanderer[1]:
Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Declension of metod (strong a-stem)
mëtod m
Declension of mëtod (masculine a-stem)
- Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
metod n (plural metoduri)
- Alternative form of metodă
Borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).
metod c
- a method (process by which a task is completed)
- (object-oriented programming) a method
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Nominative | metod | metoden | metoder | metoderna |
Genitive | metods | metodens | metoders | metodernas |
- → Finnish: metodi