† maugh Obs.
Forms: 3 moȝ, 4 pl. maues, mohwes; Sc. and north. dial. 4 mawch, mach, macht, 4, 6 magh, 4–6 mawch(e, 5 mawich(e, maygh(e, ? mawth, ? mayth, 6 maich, meache, mawggh, 7–9 m(e)augh, 8–9 mauf.
[a. ON. mág-r son-in-law, brother-in-law, father-in-law (Sw. måg, Norw. maag son-in-law), corresp. to OE. mǽᵹ kinsman may n.1 (pl. máᵹas, whence possibly the 14th c. form mohwes), OFris. mêch, OS. mâg (MDu. maech, mod.Du. maag kinsman), OHG. mâg, Goth. mēg-s son-in-law:—OTeut. *mæ̂go-z, prob. related by ablaut to *magu-z, OE. maᵹu boy, young man.]
A near (male) connexion by marriage; a brother-in-law or a son-in-law.
The glossaries of North and Mid Yorkshire give a sense ‘colleague, partner’.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1761 [Laban calls Jacob] Min moȝ, min neue, and felaȝe. a 1300 Cursor M. 2811 (Cott.) Loth went and til his maues [Gött. mohwes] spak. Ibid. 7650 Þan bade þe king..His magh [Trin. sone in lawe] dauid man suld him sla. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecile) 214, I grant þis day þat þu [sc. her husband's brother] art my mach verray. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. xvii. 1637 (Cott.) [Turnvs] þat..mawche [Wemyss mayghe] was to þis kynge Latyn And weddit his douchtyr. 1533 Bellenden Livy i. xvi. (S.T.S.) I. 89 Thare was nane fund sa wourthy to be his maich as the said Seruius, And sa þe king gaif him finalie his dochter in mariage. 1565–73 Durham Depos. (Surtees) 110 John Tompson, alias Percivall, is this examinate's mawggh [here = brother in law]. c 1600 Jas. Melvill Diary (1842) 199 The Archbishopes meache and graittest associat, Mr. Alexander Home. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 55 Meaugh, ‘my meaugh’, my wives brother, or sisters husband. 1788 W. Marshall Yorksh. II. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Mauf, a brother-in-law. 1829 Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2) Mauf, Maugh, Meaugh, a brother-in-law. |