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Webster 1913 Edition
Mead
Mead
(mēd)
, Noun.
[OE.
mede
, AS. meodo
; akin to D. mede
, G. met
, meth
, OHG. metu
, mitu
, Icel. mjöðr
, Dan. miöd
, Sw. mjöd
, Russ. med’
, Lith. midus
, W. medd
, Gr. μέθυ
wine, Skr. madhu
honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. √270. Cf. Metheglin
.] 1.
A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
Chaucer.
2.
A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
[U. S.]
Mead
,Noun.
[AS.
mǣd
. See Meadow
.] A meadow.
A
All full of freshe flowers, white and reede.
mede
All full of freshe flowers, white and reede.
Chaucer.
To fertile vales and dewy
My weary, wandering steps he leads.
meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads.
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mead
MEAD
,Noun.
Definition 2024
méad
méad
Irish
Noun
méad m (genitive singular méid)
- amount (used only in phrases; see Derived terms)
Declension
Declension of méad
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ar a mhéad (“at the most”)
- ar mhéad (“so great”)
- cá mhéad, cé mhéad (“how much, how many”)
- dá mhéad (“however much, however many”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| méad | mhéad | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "méad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “méit, mét” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.