Middle English Dictionary Entry
mọ̄the adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | mọ̄the adj. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI mōðr adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Weary; makede him ~, showed himself weary, pretended to be weary.
Associated quotations
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)859 : Þe childre wer confused and mothe; Þai prayed to god to schew þe sothe.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6186 : Men saide him þat it was sothe; he wald noȝt trowe, bot made him mothe, And said he wald it se.