A plot of the many wonely whits and metes formerly used by the folk of Great Briten
Metes are used in scoring to find out about how much/long something is for. Time, length, weight, sparkle streams (electric currents), warmth, tell of (amount), brightness, holding (volume), and landspan (area) all have their own kinds of metes. The word chosen as a show or witness of the mete is a whit (unit).
Firstwordpart (prefix)[]
| English | Anglish | English | Anglish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yocto- | undereightsand- | yotta- | eightsand- | |
| zepto- | undersevensand- | zetta- | sevensand- | |
| atto- | undersixsand- | exa- | sixsand- | |
| femto- | underfivesand- | peta- | fivesand- | |
| pico- | underfoursand- | tera- | foursand- | |
| nano- | underthrisand- | giga- | thrisand- | |
| micro- | undertwisand- | mega- | twisand- | |
| mili- | underthousand- | kilo- | thousand- | |
| centi- | underhundred- | hector- | hundred- | |
| deci- | underten- | deca- | ten- |
Time[]
| English | Anglish |
|---|---|
| giga annum | thrisandyear |
| mega annum | twisandyear |
| millennium | thousandyear, yearthousand |
| century | hundredyear, yearhundred, fivescore |
| decade | tenyear, yearten |
| year | year |
| month | month |
| week | week |
| day | day |
| hour | stound, log |
| minute | mete, shortlog, stoundle, stoundbit |
| second | tick, nutlog, understoundle, understoundbit, eyeblink |
Length[]
|
Theedish (Metric/SI) |
Americanish (U.S. Customary) |
British (Imperial) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Anglish | English | Anglish | English | Anglish |
| millimeter | underthousandtal | point | point | thou | thou |
| centimeter | underhundredtal | pica | sixthfoot | inch | twelfthfoot |
| meter | tal | inch | twelfthfoot | link | link |
| kilometer | thousandtal | foot | foot | foot | foot |
| hectacre | tenthousandtal | yard | yard | yard | yard |
| chain | fetter | chain | fetter | ||
| furlong | furlong | furlong | furlong | ||
| pole/rod | pole/rod | pole/rod | pole/rod | ||
| mile | mile | pole/rod | pole/rod | ||
| league (obsolete) | league | mile | mile | ||
| league | league | ||||
|
Altheedish Sea Lengths (Imperial/U.S. Customary) | |
|---|---|
| English | Anglish |
| fathom | fathom |
| cable | wire |
| nautical mile | seamile |
Weight[]
| Theedish |
Americanish (U.S. Customary) |
British (Imperial) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Anglish | English | Anglish | English | Anglish |
| miligram | underthousanth smallweight | grain | corn | grain | corn |
| centigram | underhundreth
smallweight |
ounce (English) | sixteenthpound | ounce (avoirdupois) | sixteenthpound |
| drachm/dram ( avoirdupois) | silverweight | ||||
| decigram | undertenth smallweight | ounce (troy) | twelfthpound | ounce (troy) | twelfthpound |
| gram | smallweight | pound | pound | pound | pound |
| dekagram | tenth shallweight | U.S. Hundredweight | O.R. Hundredweight | stone | stone |
| hektogram | hundreth smallweight | ton (short) | tun | long hundredweight | hundredweight |
| kilogram | thousandth smallweight | ton (long) | long tun | ||
| metric ton | Theedish tun | ||||
Americkish Metes do not brook the stone, but in British metes, 8 stones are one hundredweight, akin to 112 pounds. The Americkish hundredweight is 100 pounds.
Sparkle Stream[]
| English | Anglish |
|---|---|
| amp(ere) | ampere |
Warmth[]
| English | Anglish |
|---|---|
| Kelvin | Kelvin |
| Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit |
| Celsius | von Celse |
| Rankin | Rankin |
| Delisle | Delisle |
| Newton | Newton |
| Reaumur | Reaumur |
| Romer | Romer |
Tell of Something[]
| English | Anglish |
|---|---|
| mole | mole/mol |
Brightness[]
| English | Anglish |
|---|---|
| candela |
glimstick |
Holding[]
| Theedish | Americanish | British (Imperial) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Anglish | English | Anglish | English | Anglish |
| liter (litre) | waterweight | cup | mug | fluid ounce | flow twelfthpound |
| gill | winemete | gill | winemete | ||
| pint | meal | pint | meal | ||
| quart | fourth | quart | fourth | ||
| gallon | gallon | gallon | gallon | ||
Landspan[]
|
Theedish |
Americanish |
British (Imperial) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Anglish | English | Anglish | English | Anglish |
| square meter | Foursidetal | square foot | fourside foot | square rod (perch) | fourside rod/pole |
| are (rare) | span | square chain | fourside fetter | rood (obsolete) | rood |
| hectare | hundrethspan/tenthousandtal | acre | acre | acre | acre |
| square kilometer | fourside thousandtal | section | fourside block | ||