mathe

See also: Mathe

Norman

Alternative forms
  • mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
  • mar (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

mathe f (plural mathes)

  1. (Jersey) pond

Scots

Etymology

Old English maþa, from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *math-, *moth- (“used for insects and vermin”). Cognate with Dutch made, German Made and related to Swedish mask, Danish madike, archaic English maddock (English maggot).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meɪð/

Noun

mathe (plural mathes)

  1. a grub, a maggot, an earthworm
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