metari

metari [CL] 1 to measure ground for, to plan, lay out; b (camp). c (p. ppl. as sb. m.) camp, fort, fortification. d (by ellipsis or as intr.) to pitch camp. molendinum ‥ ~abitur G. Mon. VII 3 (v. divertere 1a); ~ari, metiri Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 363; locum religioni ~antes W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 32 p. 401; ubi ‥ refugii loca ‥ dominatores terrarum ~ari solent Gir. TH I 8. b castra ‥ quae juxta firmam petram ~atus es Bede Sam. 525; s1166 (v. castrametari); s1190 ~atus est rex ‥ castra extra civitatem Devizes f. 29r p. 16; s1191, s1265 (v. castrum 1a); non procul a suo castello castra mea, immo Dei excelsi, in proximo sum ~aturus Studley 7 p. 374. c c985 hiemale sumunt ~atum Æthelw. IV 3 p. 44; subito ~atum [gl.: chastel, mote, un mont] jam presens conspicio Balsh. Ut. 46. d postquam ~ati sunt Saxones in supra dicta insula Tanet Nen. HB 36. 2 to measure into portions, to deal out, share. 1316 de lxiv multonibus ‥ felonice furatis ‥ et fugatis ad domum predicti B. in Heyford et ibidem ~atis SessPNorthants 70.

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