• metgian

From Proto-West Germanic *metagōn (“to moderate”). Equivalent to metan (“to measure”) +‎ -eġ +‎ -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian metigia (“to moderate, mitigate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.te.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈme.te.ɣi.ɑn]

metegian

1. to moderate, temper
2. to regulate, govern
3. to consider

• metian (much less common)

• ġemetegian
• ġemetegod
• metegung

• Middle English: meteȝiæn