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medar

medar is the alternative form of mether.

Meaning of mether

Noun

mether (plural methers)

  1. (Ireland, historical) 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.
    • I raise to you, O Queen, this Loving Cup, this Mether,
      Filled with Mead
      Made from honey of the heather1912 James Henry Cousins, "The Loving Cup" I (Etain the Beloved and Other Poems, p.84) (Maunsel & Co)

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Forms of medar

pluralmedars

Questions about medar

What is medar the alternative form of?
Medar is the alternative form of mether.

Words near medar in the dictionary

  1. medalplay
  2. medals
  3. medalurgy
  4. medalwise
  5. Medan
  6. medar
  7. medars
  8. Medary
  9. Medawar
  10. medazepam
  11. medazomide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medar (page history and authors); mether (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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