maythen Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈmeɪð(ə)n)
Forms: 4 maþen, 6 maythen, mawthen, 8 maithen, 9 mathen, -an.
[Repr. OE. mæᵹ(e)þan, maᵹoþan, oblique case and pl. of mæᵹeþa, maᵹoþe: see prec. Cf. mathern.]
= prec.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 162 Ameroke e gletoner [glossed mathen (maythe) and cloten]. 1524 Grete Herball cxxxvii, Consolida media. Maythen. 1597 Gerarde Herbal App., Mawthen is Cotula fœtida. 1845 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. ii. 431 The mathen and crow-needles grow more thickly. 1883 Hampsh. Gloss., Mathan, Anthemis Cotula. |