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n ā, f., (maeth) beestings, clotted milk or curds, cheese ; acc. to O'Curry M. and C. iii Gloss. `food consisting of nut-meal and milk, oatmeal and milk, cheese, etc.' In pl. of messes of above food or of round cheeses. maothal .i. maoth ┐ fuil, Corm. Y 927. a más mar leth-mæthail, Corm. p. 36 s.v. prúll. for maethla matha (.i. mess ┐ torud), RC xxvi 28 § 114 , copied by O'Cl. s.v. maothla. fodluidh doib-sium biadh amar mhæthla, RC xiv 46 § 54. maethla ┐ im ┐ saill, Moling § 14. a p. moethlu, § 17 . do moethail buic mellaig, Aisl. MC 67.27 . g s. mæthla, 93.9 . g p. moethal, 85.20 ; maíthul, 119.38 . ni do mhoethail no do chaisse `biestings', Rule of Céli Dé § 4. Transf. of soft substances resembling curds: do maithlaib uilc inchinne, LL 198a22 = do braínib a n-imchinde, Met. Dinds. iii 82. In n.l. of soft or boggy soil, see Hog. Onom. s.v. maothail.
(a) gristle, cartilage: ind alt fil iter in imda ┐ in maothán, Corm. Y 447 (= a maethán, Corm. p. 17 s.v. deach). co hathgabail maothain na himdæ, ib. bi amail maethán nó co cruadhaigheann a ngné cnámha, O'Gr. Cat. 230.5. na cnama ┐ na maothain, Rosa Angl. 72.6 . cluas lomm cen maethan fuirri, Lec. 406a36 . ar mháothán cluaisi deise Aáron tip of the right ear, Exod. xxix 20.
(b) a tender shoot, twig, etc.: [mae]thain [drisse] dealgnaigi, Acall. 730. tug [slat Aáron] máotháin ┐ blátha, Numb. xvii 8. maothan ferdrisi, R.I.A. C IV 2, 33ra19 . maothan conaire raspberry bush, R.I.A. 23 K 42, 415.5 ; Hog. Luibh. máotháin `a springing, sprigs ', Eg. Gl. 466.
v (maeth) softens; soothes: moíthfe sognáiss cach síde `he will delight the company of every fairy-knoll', Im. Brain § 52.
v g. (maeth) softens, mitigates: comoithaigidir gl. emolliat Ml. 131 a 9 . nommoithiged gl. molliri 74 d 12 . ro moithigh Ciaran aní sin fair mitigated (the cold) for him, BNnÉ 109 § 41. Of breaking up and fertilizing soil: ro maethigdis sin comdis feranna fosta firmaithe, Ériu viii 8.20 . maothuighim í léum sheile I moisten, Parrth. Anma 373.14 . (fig.) maothaigh cruaidh mo chridhe! PBocht 15 § 16. part. co mba tir- maigthe ┐ co mba moethaigthe cluim (of a fleece), LB 127a4 . vn. in-gab Medb moethiguth mīchor din-gēni 'Medb reproved the mitigation of evil contracts which he made' Studia Celtica Upsaliensia ii 61 § 6 (Conailla Medb míchuru) . sruth . . . do moethugadh ┐ do bocgugudh Parrdu[i]s to moisten , BB 16a35 . dot mhaothughadh to supple thee, Ezek. xvi 4.
(adj. from maethal?) soft or yielding? As subst.: i m.¤ á brond ó imlinn sís the soft part of his belly, CCath. 2193. Of persons, a weakling: nimtha mac moethlig, TBC² 1018. A good-natured easy-going person: maothlach muinnteardha, Hackett iii 1. Cf. mulach.

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