Middle English Dictionary Entry
mīthen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | mīthen v.(1) |
| Etymology | OE mīþan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To conceal (emotions, actions, etc.); (b) to hide or suppress one's feelings; also, refl. restrain (oneself).
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)68 : Ful he [Cain] was of niþe; þauc at þe nende ne couþe he hid nout miþen.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)652 : Haueloc anon bigan to ete Grundlike, and was ful bliþe; Couþe he nouth his hunger Miþe.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1278 : She was so fele siþes blithe Þat she ne mithe hire ioie mythe.
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)59 : My murþe is al wiþ mournyng meind; ne may ich myþen hit namore.
- a1350 My deþ (Hrl 2253)24 : In a wyndou þer we stod we custe vs fyfty syþe; feir biheste makeþ mony mon al is serewes mythe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4269 : Foli was it..Hir luue to seit þar it ne moght stand; Sco miþed it to-quils sco moght.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10426 : Þan men suld bald þam to be blith, And ilk man al his malice mith [Göt: godness to kith].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10942 : Þof þat þai mournand were, Þai mithed [Göt: batid; Trin-C: abated] it mikel wit þair chere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22738 : Quen he [Jesus] come first his come to kyeth, Wit mekenes al he can it mithe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29069 : And sua yur fasting sal yee myth [Glb: And seme als ȝe noght fastand were].
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3807 : Ðog ðis folc miðe a stund for-dred.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)825 : Sche miȝt no lenger miþe; To him spac þat maiden fre & seyd, 'horn, y loue þe.'
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)4269 : Foly hit was..hir loue to sette þer hit ne miȝt stande; ho mithed hir ay quen ho muȝt.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)13615 : Þamseluen kouth haf mythed [Lamb: Ȝyf þey hem self couþe haue meþed..Gret prowesse of þem had ben told; F se retenissent].
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)359 : For, marre oþer madde, morne and myþe, Al lys in hym to dyȝt and deme.