mether

名词 n. 数词 num.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛðə/    美 /ˈmɛðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. Ireland,historical
    — I raise to you, O Queen, this Loving Cup, this Mether, Filled with Mead Made from honey of the heather
数词 num.
  1. Four in the old counting system of Northern England. dialectal

词形变化

methera alternative methers plural medar alternative meather alternative madder alternative

词源

词源 1
From Cumbric numerals; compare Welsh mhedwar, the nasal mutation of pedwar (“four”).
词源 2
From Irish meadar, from Old Irish metar, from Latin metrum. Doublet of metre, meter, and metron.
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