mathen.

Brit.

/meɪð/, U.S.

/meɪð/, Scottish English

/meθ/,

/med/

Forms: early Old English mata, Old English maþa, Old English maða, Old English maþu, Old English maðu, early Middle English meaðe, Middle English mache (transmission error), Middle English maþe, Middle English math, Middle English matþe, Middle English meth, Middle English methe, Middle English–1500s mathe; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– maith, pre-1700 1900s– meath, pre-1700 1900s– meith, 1800s maethe, 1800s methe, 1800s– made, 1800s– maid, 1800s– maithe, 1900s– maed (Shetland), 1900s– math, 1900s– mathe, 1900s– mead (Shetland), 1900s– med (Shetland).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch māde (Dutch made ), Old Saxon maðo (Middle Low German māde ), Old High German mado (Middle High German made , German Made ), Gothic maþa ; compare also Norwegian (Nynorsk) mad fish fry, sawdust (although unattested, the presence of the word in early Scandinavian in the sense ‘worm’ may be inferred from loans into neighbouring languages, e.g. Finnish mato worm); probably related to the Germanic base of moth n.¹, although the exact relationship is difficult to explain phonologically; further etymology uncertain. Compare maddock n.

Now Scottish regional (chiefly north-eastern, Orkney, and Shetland).

A maggot, a grub. Also: an insect egg from which a maggot may hatch.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > thought to be generated by decay or maggot

wormOE

matheOE

maddocka1250

mawka1425

maggot?a1475

vermicular?1691

vermiculus1694

vermicule1713

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 79 Cimex,..maþa.

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 102 Þær manna lic lagon, þe wæran ær acwealde on ðam cwearterne gefyrn, þa weollon eall mid maðon, and egeslice stuncon.

OE Ælfric Gloss. (St. John's Oxf.) 310 Cimex, maðu.

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 12 (MED) As meaðen [a1250 Titus maðekes] i forrotet flesch.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 484 For he lete cristen wedde haþen & meynt our blod, as flesche & matþen.

c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 447 (MED) Heore bodies þat weoren so softe I-baþen..Þer hit schal crepe ful of Maþen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 11836 Maþes [a1400 Vesp. wormes] cruled in him þore.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 321 (MED) Make, mathe, wyrm yn þe fleshe.

a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 15 (MED) For methys that deuorith þe pennys of an hawk.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 65 Yonder lyeth a dede hare full of mathes and wormes.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Jasp l. 139 in Poems (1981) 8 Riches..Quhilk maith, nor moist, nor vther rust can freit.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxii Yf a shepe haue mathes ye shall perceyue it by her byting or fysking.

a1625 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Harl.) 319 in Poems (1910) 153 The mair and the Ingrame, with meiths in thy melt.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 336 Mades, the larvae, or seed of mawks, maggots.

a1835 J. Hogg in Wks. (1865) I. 93/2 Sindry methes an' maels war on it.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 33 ‘Ever saa doo ony [vitamins]..apon a codlin' hed.’ ‘Ya, dat am I, whin dey lay ower lang, bit we juist caad dem maids.’

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. Maed, maggot.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Maith, a maggot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mathe
释义	mathen. Brit. /meɪð/, U.S. /meɪð/, Scottish English /meθ/, /med/ Forms: early Old English mata, Old English maþa, Old English maða, Old English maþu, Old English maðu, early Middle English meaðe, Middle English mache (transmission error), Middle English maþe, Middle English math, Middle English matþe, Middle English meth, Middle English methe, Middle English–1500s mathe; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– maith, pre-1700 1900s– meath, pre-1700 1900s– meith, 1800s maethe, 1800s methe, 1800s– made, 1800s– maid, 1800s– maithe, 1900s– maed (Shetland), 1900s– math, 1900s– mathe, 1900s– mead (Shetland), 1900s– med (Shetland). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch māde (Dutch made ), Old Saxon maðo (Middle Low German māde ), Old High German mado (Middle High German made , German Made ), Gothic maþa ; compare also Norwegian (Nynorsk) mad fish fry, sawdust (although unattested, the presence of the word in early Scandinavian in the sense ‘worm’ may be inferred from loans into neighbouring languages, e.g. Finnish mato worm); probably related to the Germanic base of moth n.¹, although the exact relationship is difficult to explain phonologically; further etymology uncertain. Compare maddock n. Now Scottish regional (chiefly north-eastern, Orkney, and Shetland). A maggot, a grub. Also: an insect egg from which a maggot may hatch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > thought to be generated by decay or maggot wormOE matheOE maddocka1250 mawka1425 maggot?a1475 vermicular?1691 vermiculus1694 vermicule1713 OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 79 Cimex,..maþa. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 102 Þær manna lic lagon, þe wæran ær acwealde on ðam cwearterne gefyrn, þa weollon eall mid maðon, and egeslice stuncon. OE Ælfric Gloss. (St. John's Oxf.) 310 Cimex, maðu. c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 12 (MED) As meaðen [a1250 Titus maðekes] i forrotet flesch. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 484 For he lete cristen wedde haþen & meynt our blod, as flesche & matþen. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 447 (MED) Heore bodies þat weoren so softe I-baþen..Þer hit schal crepe ful of Maþen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 11836 Maþes [a1400 Vesp. wormes] cruled in him þore. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 321 (MED) Make, mathe, wyrm yn þe fleshe. a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 15 (MED) For methys that deuorith þe pennys of an hawk. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 65 Yonder lyeth a dede hare full of mathes and wormes. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Jasp l. 139 in Poems (1981) 8 Riches..Quhilk maith, nor moist, nor vther rust can freit. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxii Yf a shepe haue mathes ye shall perceyue it by her byting or fysking. a1625 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Harl.) 319 in Poems (1910) 153 The mair and the Ingrame, with meiths in thy melt. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 336 Mades, the larvae, or seed of mawks, maggots. a1835 J. Hogg in Wks. (1865) I. 93/2 Sindry methes an' maels war on it. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 33 ‘Ever saa doo ony [vitamins]..apon a codlin' hed.’ ‘Ya, dat am I, whin dey lay ower lang, bit we juist caad dem maids.’ 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. Maed, maggot. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Maith, a maggot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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