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Mether vs Tether - What's the difference?

mether | tether |

As nouns the difference between mether and tether

is that mether is 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 while tether is a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

As a verb tether is

to restrict something with a tether.

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 ----

    tether

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement
  • (by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
  • (dialect) The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera)

    • Synonyms

    * hobble (strap)

    Derived terms

    * * tetherless * tetherless computing

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to restrict something with a tether
  • (Internet) to connect a personal computer and a smartphone in order to get wireless Internet access for the computer