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mæþ

Pronunciation: /mæːθ/

“mæþ” is an Old English word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. measure, degree, proportion
  2. measure or extent of power; ability, capacity, efficacy
  3. degree, rank, status, condition
  4. due measure, right
  5. due measure in regard to others; honour, respect
  6. mowing, hay harvest

Etymology

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

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