mæþ

From Proto-West Germanic *māþi, from Proto-Germanic *mēþiz.

mǣþ f

1. measure, degree, proportion
2. measure or extent of power; ability, capacity, efficacy
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"

     Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.

     Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'

3. degree, rank, status, condition
4. due measure, right
5. due measure in regard to others; honour, respect

Strong ō-stem:

• mǣþian (“to regard, respect”)
• mǣþlēas (“without moderation, greedy”)
• mǣþlīċ (“moderate”)
• mǣþlīċe (“courteously”)
• unmǣþ f (“transgression, wrongdoing”)

From Proto-Germanic *mēþą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁-. Equivalent to māwan +‎ -þ.

mǣþ n

1. mowing, hay harvest

Strong a-stem:

• mǣþere m (“mower”)

• Middle English: math
  • English: math, aftermath

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mǣþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mǣþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• mz (abbreviation)
• mædh, maedh, maþ, mäd, mädhär, mät, mäder, mäþer, mädir, mädher, meþ, meþ, med, meder, medh, medher, meth, met

mæþ

1. also, as well, too

mæþ

1. with, including, by, at, in, to

• Swedish: med

• mäþ/ in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket