| 释义 |
▪ I. meader dial.|ˈmiːdə(r)|
[repr. OE. mǽðere = MDu., MLG. mader, meder, OHG. mâdari (MHG. mâdære, mod.G. mahder, mähder):—OTeut. type *mæ̂þarjo-z, f. the n. represented in OE. mǽð math n.1]
A mower.
a1000Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 235/3 Falcarius, i. falciferens, uel falcifera, siþberend, uel mæþre. Ibid. 237/35 Fenisece, mæþeras. 18..Old Song in N. & Q. 1st Ser. (1854) X. 480 The meader walks forth with his scythe on his shoulder. 1864E. Cornw. Words in Jrnl. Roy. Inst. Cornw. Mar. 18, Meader, a mower.
▪ II. meader
obs. form of madder n.2 |