LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Shares in British engineering company Meggitt jumped 14% on Friday after the Dealreporter website said that U.S. group Woodward Inc was looking at a potential deal. Meggitt’s market capitalisation was $5 billion as of Thursday while Woodward’s stood at about $8 billion. Reporting by Thyagaraju Adinarayan Writing by Keith Weir Editing by David Goodman Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.