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Gether vs Mether - What's the difference?

gether | mether |

As a verb gether

is (obsolete|or|regional).

As a noun mether is

(historical|ireland) a communal drinking vessel used in gaelic times for drinking mead it had squared sides and one drank from a corner also, a trophy in this shape.

gether

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete, or, regional)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=John Hartley, title=Yorkshire Lyrics, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1881, author=Sarah P. McLean Greene, title=Cape Cod Folks, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1872, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The End Of The World, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake." }}

    mether

    English

    (Yan Tan Tethera)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) numerals.

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (qualifier)

    Cardinal numeral

    (head)
  • (dialect) Four in the old counting system of Northern England.
    • Derived terms
    * mether-a-dick * mether-a-bumfit

    Etymology 2

    Related to (m), (m)

    Alternative forms

    * medar, meather

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical, Ireland) A communal drinking vessel used in Gaelic times for drinking mead. It had squared sides and one drank from a corner. Also, a trophy in this shape.
  • * 1912 James Henry Cousins, "The Loving Cup" I ( Etain the Beloved and Other Poems , p.84) (Maunsel & Co):
    • I raise to you, O Queen, this Loving Cup, this Mether ,
    Filled with Mead
    Made from honey of the heather
  • * 1912 "Our Lady Correspondent" "Fashions at Leopardstown" The Irish Times 27 August 1912, p.8:
    • Lord Herbert and Mr. Luke White were to be seen on the roof pouring water down the chimney, while the Marchioness of Ormonde was seen carrying the Regimental Cup (the silver Irish mether to be competed for) from the scene of the fire.

    References

    * P. W. Joyce A Social History of Ancient Ireland (Longmans, Green, and Co; 1903) Vol.2 Chap.XX p.75 * electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (RIA) M col.117 lin.43 English cardinal numbers ----