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单词 methe
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methen.

Forms: Old English–early Middle English mæþ, Old English–early Middle English mæð, early Middle English mæȝð (perhaps transmission error), early Middle English mæðe, early Middle English maðe, early Middle English meað, early Middle English mede, early Middle English með, early Middle English meðe, Middle English meeþ, Middle English meþ, Middle English meþe, Middle English meth, Middle English methe.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: < the Indo-European base of ancient Greek μῆτις counsel, classical Latin mētīrī to measure (see measure n.); apparently not attested in Germanic outside English. The Indo-European base is an extended form of a base with the sense ‘to measure’, which (with various extensions) has many reflexes (see meal n.2).In Middle English often used interchangeably (or in pairing) with met n.1 in corresponding senses. The early Middle English form mede perhaps arose independently as a back-formation after compounds of methe where Old English -ðl- became -dl- (compare such forms as Old English mēdlic s.v. methely adj., early Middle English meadles , medles s.v. metheless adj.).
Obsolete.
1.
a. Measure, proportion.
ΚΠ
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. xii. 34 Hie..for Godes lufan be ðæs gyltes mæþe forgifnesse doð.
OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxii. 17 Gif se fæder hi him syllan nelle, gylde be ðære gyftan mæðe.
c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 1135 (MED) Hou fynliche..God loueþ þe Þat wolde deþ þolen þorw pyne wiþouten meþ, To saue þi soule.
b. Due measure, what is fitting or right; one's right or due.
ΚΠ
OE Laws of Æðelred II (Claud.) vi. xlix. 258 Manna gehwylc oþrum beode þæt riht, þæt he wille, þæt man him beode, be þam þe hit mæð sy.
OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 195 Manna ma þonne hit ænig mæð wære.
OE Wulfstan Outline of Hist. (Hatton) (1957) 153 And he þeah, swa hit mæð wæs, fægere forðwerd.
c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 28 Ane bene leof ic ȝyrnen wolde, ȝif hit min mæȝð wære þet ic hit ȝyrnan durste.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxxix. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 214 (MED) Þou salt fede vs with brede of teres eth And gif vs drink in teres in meth [L. in mensura].
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 247 Al in mesure and meþe watz mad þe vengiaunce.
2. Ability, capability, capacity. mouth's methe: capacity for food and drink, appetite (cf. at one's mouth's met at met n.1 Phrases 2).
ΚΠ
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xlii. 147 Ðeah hit ure mæð ne sie þæt we witen hwylc he sie, we sculon þeah..fandian.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) ix. 252 Gif ðu oncnæwst þinne drihten mid þinum æhtum be þinre mæðe, hit fremað ðe sylfum to þam ecan life.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxx. 260 Man sceal læwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mæðe.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Þar man ne can his muðes meðe, ne cunnen nele, ne his wombe met.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 13 Temperancia..is riht medeme mel; þe man gemeð his muðes meðe and of his wombe mete.
?c1335 Erthe upon Erthe (Harl. 913) (1911) 4 (MED) He is king of blis and mon of moche mede [L. mensura], Þat deliþ þe dai fram niȝt and leniþ lif and dede [L. mortem].
a1450 (?c1350) Pride of Life l. 497 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 105 (MED) Bot he ne hath miȝt ne meth Þe King of Lif to afere.
3. Respect, consideration; kindness, compassion; mercy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > relative quantity or amount
i-metOE
metheOE
measure1552
proportion1603
scale1607
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun]
manshipOE
metheOE
courtesy?c1225
debonairty?c1225
gentrice?c1225
debonairshipa1240
hendlaika1250
fairnessc1275
hendiness?a1300
hendshipc1300
meeknessc1300
bonairty1303
bonairnessc1375
debonairness1382
humanityc1384
menskinga1400
hendnessc1400
comity1542
civilness1556
civility1561
courtshipa1640
discretion1752
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective]
metheOE
hendc1225
debonairc1230
hendya1250
courteousc1275
hendlyc1275
bonairc1300
quaintc1300
sweetc1330
graciousa1375
meetha1400
debonary1402
debonariousc1485
humanec1500
civil1565
genty1660
discreet1739
polite1751
politeful1832
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > considerateness
metheOE
consideration1415
officiosity1565
officiousness1596
considerateness1748
thoughtfulness1813
accommodativeness1834
OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 140 Ælc cristen man ah mycle þearfe, þæt he on þam griðe mycle mæþe wite.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 977 Ȝif we sceoteð to heora mæðe [c1300 Otho meþe], þat bið ure imone deað.
?a1300 Sayings St. Bernard (Digby) 759 (MED) If ich þe bere to muchel meþ, Þou wilt me bringen helle deþ.
c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 318 (MED) Heo him duden in prisun of deþ And pyneden him sore wiþouten meþ.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 816 (MED) All at left was o lyfe..in his mercy & meth mekely þaim put.
4. Moderation, temperance, restraint.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]
i-metOE
hovec1175
metc1175
methec1175
measurec1225
measure?c1225
temperancea1340
methefulnessc1350
temperurec1380
mannera1382
mannernessa1382
sobernessc1384
attemperancec1386
measurablenessa1400
amesingc1400
meanheada1425
mediocrity?a1425
moderation?a1425
moderancea1460
temperancy1526
mean1531
modesty1531
temperature1536
measure-keeping1556
moderateness1571
moderature1574
sobriety1582
mediety1583
moderacy1601
temperateness1609
reserve1660
medium1693
soft pedal1899
met1932
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2573 Ȝho wass full of mett. & mæþ..Swa þatt nan þing att oferrdon. Ne keppte ȝho to follȝhenn.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Cune sume meðe, þenne þu almesse makest.
c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 22 Mi þridde suster meað spekeð of þe middel sti bituhhe riht.
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 86 The seuent vertu and the laste is methe or methefulnesse,—Temperancia.
a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 1716 (MED) Etheldrede oȝte not to be kynge..for he was so ȝonge a thyng & couȝthe nowthre mesure ny methe.
a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 98 (MED) Reymond was a man..of moche methe [v.r. mette] & of grete purueyaunce..heet & cool, al I-lyche, wel he myght suffre.
5. Modesty, gentleness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]
simplesse1340
methec1390
simplenessc1400
demurity1483
demureness?1518
modestness1546
modesty1553
unaspiringness1681
unpretendingness1701
unassumingness1768
unostentatiousness1807
unpresumingness1837
unpretentiousness1855
unassertiveness1934
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective]
simplec1300
measurablec1330
methec1390
murec1390
smallc1405
soleinc1450
timorous1474
modest1561
unbragging1570
unboldened1591
unpresuming1607
bragless1609
unambitious1621
boastless1632
unpompous1656
verecundous1656
sober1659
tender-foreheaded1659
unpragmatical1673
unpretending1681
unpresumptuous1704
unimportant1727
unaspiringa1729
inambitious1729
unassuming1730
unostentatiousa1739
unboastful1744
pretensionless1748
unarrogating1748
uncontending1748
unopinionated1775
unboasting1802
underbearing1802
mousy1812
un-ultra1817
unarrogant1831
low-flying1835
unconceited1838
unpretentious1838
uninflated1861
unvain1863
unbumptious1865
c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 140 Wiþ þi Maystrie medel þi meþ, For vche mon ouȝte him-self to knowe.
c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 269 (MED) Heo hedde Meth, as worschipful wyf, ffor heo nas nout to hastyf.
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Meth(e And mari ledd hir lif wit methe In a toun that hiht nazarothe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 7858 (MED) Of him come Iesse meke of meth.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 147 (MED) Amos spak with mylde meth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

methev.

Forms: early Middle English meaði, early Middle English meðe, Middle English meþe.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English gemǣðian.
Etymology: Probably aphetic < Old English gemǣðian (see note below) < methe n. Compare earlier methie v.Old English gemǣðian is attested only from a reading in MS. Hatton 115 (second half of the 11th cent.) of Ælfric's De Septiformi Spiritu at a point where other manuscripts have forms of methie v. (compare quot. OE at sense 1 at that entry).
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To moderate, regulate, temper. Cf. methie v. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)]
tempera1050
methea1200
measure1340
refrainc1384
attemperc1386
obtempera1492
temperatea1568
obtemperate1575
soberize1707
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 13 Ðet foremeste is riht medeme mel; þe man þe hit meðeð riht þe suneð aleð gestninge [etc.].
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 139 He..meðede þo his liflode swo þat he was bicumelich to swiche wike.
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 13615 Ȝyf þey hem self couþe haue meþed & als þer strokes couþe haue leþed.
2. transitive. To honour; to treat with restraint, have mercy upon, spare. Cf. methie v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > have mercy upon
sparec825
milceeOE
arec1000
i-milcec1000
to have (also take) mercy on (also upon, of)a1225
to show (also do) mercy (to)a1225
methec1225
savea1382
miltha1400
tender1442
to take to (also into) mercy1523
mercify1596
bemercy1660
to give (or cut) (a person) some slack1968
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 151 He bihet to meaðin [c1225 Royal medin, a1250 Titus meden] ham wið swiðe heh mede.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1046 Quad god, ‘findic ðor ten or mo, Ic sal meðen ðe stede for ðo.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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