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▪ I. mathe Obs. (? exc. Sc.: see E.D.D.)
Forms: 1 maþa, maþu, 2–6 maþe, mathe, 3 meaðe, (4 matþe), 5 math, methe; Sc. 5 maith, 6 meathe, 9 maithe.
[OE. maþa wk. masc., maþu str. fem., cogn. w. OS. matho (Strasb. gl.) (MDu., MLG., mod.Du. made), OHG. mado masc. (MHG. made masc., mod.G. made fem.), Goth. maþa:—OTeut. *maþon-, *maþâ, of obscure origin: some have compared Skr. matka bug.]
A maggot, grub, worm.
c1000Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 205/8 Cimex..maþa. c1000ælfric Gloss. ibid. 122/3 Cimex, maþu. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 As meaðen iforrotet flesch. c1330Arth. & Merl. 484 (Kölbing) For he lete cristen wedde haþen & meynt our blod, as flesche & matþen. a1380Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 447/167 Heore bodies þat weoren so softe I-baþen..Þer hit schal crepe ful of Maþen. a1425Cursor M. 11836 (Trin.) Maþes [other texts wormes] cruled in him þore. a1440Promp. Parv. 321/1 Make, mathe, wyrm yn þe fleshe. c1460in Rel. Ant. I. 302 For methys that devorith the pennys of an hawk. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. i. (Cock & Jasp) xi, Riches..Quhilk maith [v.r. moith], nor moist, nor vther rust can screit. 1481Caxton Reynard xxviii. (Arb.) 69 Yonder lyeth a dede hare full of mathes and wormes. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §45 If a shepe haue mathes, ye shall perceyue it by her bytynge [etc.]. a1585Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 319 The mair and the migrame, with the meathes in the melt.
▪ II. mathe
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