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mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó

    secundum modum culpę,

      Chrd. 62, l.
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  • Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað,

      Angl. xii. 514, 29.

  • Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde,

      Hml. Th. i. 254, 19.
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  • Intingan beseoh ná mǽþe

    causam respice non personam,

      Scint. 185, 12.

  • Riht dóm ys þár ná

    mǽþa (personę)

    ac weorcu beóþ besceá-wude, 3.
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  • On ðǽre sylfan grétinge ǽlc sí gegearcod him mǽð

    in ipsa salutatione omnis exibiatur humanitas,

      R. Ben. I. 88, 6.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. methe.]
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v. hyge-, un-mǽþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55039.

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