meth1t

[ME., IMG:content-0554.jpg:[blocks in formation] And Mari ledd hir life with methe In a toun that hiht Nazarethe. Metrical Homilies , p. 107. meth1t, a. [ME., meth1 , n.] Moderate; mild; courteous. Alle that meyné mylde and meth Went hem into Nazareth. Cursor Mundi. ( Hall i well.) meth2t, n. An obsolete form of mead1 . meth3t, n. [Also methe ; ME., a var. of mood : see mood1.] Anger; wrath. Quen the lorde of the lyfte lyked hymseluen For to mynne on his mon his meth that abydez. of rules for carrying out any plan or project: as, to observe method in busine or study; without method succe is improbable: in this and the next two senses only in the singular. Though this be madne , yet there is method in 't. Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense. Ne tell thou neuer at borde no tale To harme or shame thy felawe in sale; For if he then withholde his methe , Eftsons he wylle for cast thi dethe. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 302.