† medreien.

Forms: pre-1700 medreiis (plural).

Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French.

Etymology: Perhaps < an unrecorded Old French word < classical Latin metrēta , a certain denomination both of liquid and dry measure (see metrete n.). Dict. Older Sc. Tongue enters this word s.v. meddyr, and derives it from Scottish Gaelic meadar (see mether n.); this entry also includes quot. 1562 at mether n.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

A measure of corn.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific

medreiec1480

bushel-measure1530

c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 219 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 487 Þane askit he þame to sel vitale, a hundre medreiis [L. modiis] at þe lest of ilke schipe at his request.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	medreie
释义	† medreien. Forms: pre-1700 medreiis (plural). Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymology: Perhaps < an unrecorded Old French word < classical Latin metrēta , a certain denomination both of liquid and dry measure (see metrete n.). Dict. Older Sc. Tongue enters this word s.v. meddyr, and derives it from Scottish Gaelic meadar (see mether n.); this entry also includes quot. 1562 at mether n. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A measure of corn. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific medreiec1480 bushel-measure1530 c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 219 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 487 Þane askit he þame to sel vitale, a hundre medreiis [L. modiis] at þe lest of ilke schipe at his request. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1480
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