måtta

• måtte

From Old Norse mátta, past tense of mega.

• IPA^(key): /²mɔtːɑ/

måtta (present tense må, past tense måtte, past participle mått or måtta)

1. must, have to

   Eg måtte vaska bilen.

   I had to wash the car.

• lyta, lyte

• “måtta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish mata f, mate m, from Middle Low German māte, from Old Saxon metan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

måtta c

1. restraint, moderation

   dricka med måtta

   drink in moderation

From Old Swedish mata, from Middle Low German māten, from Old Saxon metan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

måtta (present måttar, preterite måttade, supine måttat, imperative måtta)

1. to direct, to aim (often of a punch or other aggressive act)

   måtta ett slag mot någon

   throw a punch at someone ("direct a punch against someone")

2. to estimate

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2000