meta met, mat, mátum, metinn v
1.
to estimate, value; ef þeir kynni m sik, if they could value themselves rightly, not puff themselves up; m e-t mikils, lítils, einskis, to attach great, little, no value to; make much, little, nothing of; munu þín orð hér um einskis metin, thy words will be counted for naught;
2.
m e-t fjár (kaups, etc), to put a money-value on, to charge for (aldri mat hann fjár lækning sína); m e-t við e-n, to name a price to one for a thing; met þú við mik rekkjubúnaðinn, tell me the price of the bed-furniture; ok vil ek eigi m við þik (I will not charge you anything), heldr vil ek, at þú þiggir skikkjuna; to leave it to another to decide; allir mátu við Erling atkvæði um skírsluna, they all left it to E to decide about the ordeal; við �orkel met ek at fá þá hluti til, er hafa þarf, I leave it to Th to provide the necessary things;
3.
refl, metast til e-s, to be reckoned as, counted for (bað þá gera þá smíð, er til afbragðs mætist); m e-t við, to contend about; ef þeir metast eiða við, if there is a contest about taking the oaths
