different between gether vs mether
gether
English
Verb
gether (third-person singular simple present gethers, present participle gethering, simple past and past participle gethered)
- (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of gather
Anagrams
- Gehret, Herget
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mether
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?ð?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?ð?/
Etymology 1
From Celtic numerals.
Alternative forms
- methera (Weardale, Borrowdale)
Numeral
mether
- (dialect) Four in the old counting system of Northern England.
Derived terms
- mether-a-dick
- mether-a-bumfit
Etymology 2
Related to mead, metheglin
Alternative forms
- medar, meather, madder
Noun
mether (plural methers)
- (historical, Ireland) A communal drinking vessel used in Gaelic times for drinking mead. It had squared sides and one drank from a corner. Also, a trophy in this shape.
- 1912 James Henry Cousins, "The Loving Cup" I (Etain the Beloved and Other Poems, p.84) (Maunsel & Co):
- I raise to you, O Queen, this Loving Cup, this Mether,
- Filled with Mead
- Made from honey of the heather
- 1912 "Our Lady Correspondent" "Fashions at Leopardstown" The Irish Times 27 August 1912, p.8:
- Lord Herbert and Mr. Luke White were to be seen on the roof pouring water down the chimney, while the Marchioness of Ormonde was seen carrying the Regimental Cup (the silver Irish mether to be competed for) from the scene of the fire.
- 1912 James Henry Cousins, "The Loving Cup" I (Etain the Beloved and Other Poems, p.84) (Maunsel & Co):
Translations
References
- P. W. Joyce A Social History of Ancient Ireland (Longmans, Green, and Co; 1903) Vol.2 Chap.XX p.75
- electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (RIA) M col.117 lin.43
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m???r/
Verb
mether
- (literary) impersonal subjunctive of methu
- (literary) impersonal imperative of methu
Mutation
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