midithir

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *medyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure; give advice).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲiðʲiθʲirʲ]

Verb

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midithir (prototonic ·midethar, verbal noun mess)

  1. to weigh, to judge, to estimate
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27a24
      Náchib·mided .i. náchib·berar i smachtu rechta fetarlicce, inna ndig et a mbiad, inna llíthu et a ssapati, act bad foirbthe far n‑iress.
      Let him not judge you, i.e. do not be borne into the institutions of the Law of the Old Testament, into their drink and their food, into their festivals and their sabbaths; but let your faith be perfect.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56c10
      a mmïastar
      when he will judge
  2. to pass judgment (+ for (on))
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6b22
      Ní latt aní ara·rethi et ní lat in cách forsa·mmitter.
      What you assail is not yours, and not everyone on whom you pass judgment is yours.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30c9
      Ní digénam-ni nach ngním forna mmestar-som.
      We will do no work on which he may not pass judgment.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
midithir
also mmidithir after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
midithir
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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