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Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *māþi, from Proto-Germanic *mēþiz.
Noun
mǣþ f
- measure, degree, proportion
- measure or extent of power; ability, capacity, efficacy
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.- Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'
- degree, rank, status, condition
- due measure, right
- due measure in regard to others; honour, respect
Declension
Declension of mæþ (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mēþą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁-. Equivalent to māwan + -þ.
Noun
mǣþ n
- mowing, hay harvest
Declension
Declension of mæþ (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- mz (abbreviation)
- mædh, maedh, maþ, mäd, mädhär, mät, mäder, mäþer, mädir, mädher, meþ, meþ, med, meder, medh, medher, meth, met
Adverb
mæþ
- also, as well, too
Preposition
mæþ
- with, including, by, at, in, to
Descendants
Further reading
- mäþ/ in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket