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Letter M, Column 93

      mhaithip all the nobles who were near them , 64.25 , cf. 88.16 .
      ros-diamlaig in meiti ro cumaing as much as he could , CCath.
      5477. gor lass indtind Laisrein an meide sin indus corb'ecen
      . . . so much that , BCC § 280.

      1 meithe (meth) decay, decline, enfeeblement: fil ar a nemdenam
      de | maíli methi mochlēithe, LL 216 a 57 = maíle is meth is
      mochl., Met. Dinds. iii 24. meth ┐ methi ┐ mochlēthi da
      feraib, LL 215 a 29 (prob. `┐ methi' is an interpolation, cf.
10     Dinds. 18 ).

2 meithe? cach murigi a meithi, Arch. iii 227 § 30 ; `to every
king his province (?)', ZCP xvii . Prob. corrupt.

      1 méithe [iā, f.] (méth) fatness, obesity: ho methi ┐ immairi,
       Ml. 20 a 23 , 25 . mucc co n-ur .i. co meithe uirre, Laws i 126.21
15    Comm. do triun ar meithi uirri (of a cow), ii 252.7 Comm.
      Fig. bennacht for Firu Cúli, | fó lem cia [a]della meithe I shall
      be glad if abundance visit them , Trip. 184.8 .

      2 Méithe (? Meithe) io, n. name of a place (? hill) in N. Ireland,
      perh. in Co. Louth. Meithi Tog . . . Ath Meithi nEuin, TBC²
20    816 , 817 = Méithe . . . Méthe nEoin (both ns.), LU 5293 ,
       5295 = Meide in Togmaill ┐ Mede ind Eoin, TBC 1462 ; the
      explanation given TBC² 819 apparently connects the word
      with méide `neck'. ó Meitiu ┐ Cheitiu, TBC² 1188 (= ó
      Méthiu ┐ Cethíu LU 5664 ), cf. 1767 . Cf. also the follg.: di
25    meittiu for cettiu .i. da chnocc i maig Mogna, LL 161 b marg. s.
      is dometu for cette .i. deurc for uan .i. debec for bic (leg. de
      metu . . . de urc . . . de bec?), O'Mulc. 751 , which seems a cant
      expression meaning possibly `a change without profit' (for
      the worse); cf. 2 meithel.

meidheal meigheal mheigheal

30    1 meithel ā, f., (cf. W. medel `reaping-party'), in later lang. also
      o, m.; meidheal, f., IGT Dec. § 54.4 (? metheal, ib. 19 ), but
      also: meidheal, m. and f., § 53 . Written meigheal occas. in
      late MSS.: ds. do mheigheal, IGT Dec. ex. 1340. gs. a
      mheighle, ex. 1377 . in meighil, AU ii 420.11 ( an. =
35    meidhil, ALC i 358.21 , medhil, FM iii 500.
      A band of persons engaged in some common occupation or
      service, generally agricultural, esp. a band of reapers: met[h]il
      . . . ab eo quod est meto uel meta (.i. buain), Corm. Y 354 =
      meithel, LB. meithle, lucht búanaighe, Eg. Gl. 451. ro buí
40    methel mor oc B. ic buain (= messores), Lat. Lives 85 =
      meithiul, Lism. L. 1662. oc ergnum cota methli preparing
      food for the labourers , LU 4349 (cf. 4351 ). ruc leis methil
      mogda móir a band of labourers , Met. Dinds. iii 380. meth . . .
      methle giallna `failure . . . in supplying a band of reapers to the
45    chief ', Laws i 156.33 . manchuine .i. fer . . . do denum a dūine
      no a meithle .i. an dun no a sluaighed lais, ii 194.10 Comm.
      (where military service seems meant). punnand chorcai i
      fogomor d'éis mór-methle, TTr.² 1162. ar mbeith don
      fhoghmhar mór ┐ don mheithil beag, Keat. iii 247 (= quod
50    esset [messis] multa et operarii pauci). gusan methil bhuana,
       2 Kings iv 18. it aipche ar nguirt ┐ ní fhuil meithel sunn,
       BNnÉ 297 § 35. drong dá mheithil do bhuain na fíneamhna,
       TSh. 10238. fo meithil mhóna a band of turf-cutters, FM iv
      1162.16 . pl. adchonncadar na gurtu aipchi . . . ┐ adchonn-
55    cadar na meithli, RC xxvi 160 § 48. do condcatar . . . methli
      ac buain arbha, BCC § 355 (d) = meithlecha, KMMisc. 317
      § 10 .
      In wider sense of a band of persons connected in some way:
      Faelán co méit methle, Fél. Oct. 31. meitheal min-seang (of
60    Bith and his companions), Ériu x 81 § 46. Eithne . . . bean
      sin na meit[h]li nach marand a woman of a past generation (?),
       78 § 28.
      Compd. a ghriobh meidhealtrom Manann `powerfully
      attended', TD 22a.16 . ag sluagh mheidhealtrom, 3.20 .

65    2 meithel? labraid duine, innisid Dia, | m.¤ ceithel dóib gach
      ní `all things are but confusion ', SG 246.30 . A cant phrase
      = all their plans end in nothing ? cf. 2 méithe.

meithem June see mithem.

      meither o, m., an outer covering of some kind, sometimes indef.
70    of a covering or garment in general. mether .i. brat, O'Cl.
      meithir bis im cairid [= caírig] claim .i. forbrat [sic MS. ] mil
      .i. cuma bis meithir cach datha ann, in tuartan (i.e. a tartan
      or plaid ?), Laws i 188.17 Comm. boí C. [ina] sudiu isin
      tsnechtu . . . cen mether imbi, LU 5600 = meter, TBC² 1117.
75    cen m.¤ n-etaig without a stitch of clothing , Aisl. MC 17.25 . fer
      gan meither is gan bhróig, Buile S. 108 § 54. baí mór mether
      cech datha form'chinn, H. 3.18 p. 43 (quoted Aisl. MC gloss. ).

      meithescal [o, m.] a detachment (of troops), some part of an
      army? fosrimmart . . . i cro-buillib báis do methescul derid
80    int ṡlóig, RC xiv 414.18 = LL 109 b 26 . ? tainic meidhescal
      Find da indsaigid .i. im Garbchronan taissech na ṅgilla mor,
       Acall. 5305.

      ? meithine decay, blight, death (<meithe)? contethaig flaith
      firu batar fo methine, Ériu ii 28.36 ( YBL 124 b 44 ). See
85    melgthene.

? meithlén o, m., dim. of meithel: imad ma cuairt a methleoin