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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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mìos, a month, Ir. mí, míos, g. míosa, O. Ir. mí, g. mís, W. mis, Cor. mis, Br. mis, miz: *mêns, g. *mensos; Lat. mensis; Gr. μέν: Skr. mâs; further Eng. month.
mios, miosa, worse, Ir. measa, O. Ir. messa: *missôs; Got. O. H. G. missa-, mis-, Eng. mis-, miss. See mi-.
mìosach, fairy flax, purging flax, Ir. míosach: "monthly"; from mìos, "from a medicinal virtue it was supposed to possess" (Cameron).
miosar, a measure (as of meal), Ir. miosúr, E. Ir. messar, phiala, O. Ir. mesar, modus, W. mesur; from the Lat. mensura, Eng. measure.
miosgan, butter kit, Ir. míosgán; from mias, a dish.
miosguinn, envy, malice, Ir. mioscuis (míoscuis, Con.), E. Ir. miscen, hate, O. Ir. miscuis; Gr. μῖσος (= mītos); Lat. miser, wretched (= mit-s-ro-s); root mit, mi.
miotag, a mitten, Ir. miotóg, mitín, mittens; from Eng. mitten, O. Fr. mitaine.
mìr, a bit, piece, Ir., O. Ir. mír, pl. mírenn: *mêsren, piece of flesh; Skr. mâmsá, flesh; Got. mimz (do.); Lit. mėsà, flesh (Stokes, Thur., Brug.). Allied also is Lat. membrum, member; I. E. mêmso-m, flesh.
mircean, kind of sea-weed; cf. N. máru-kjarni, fucus vesiculosus (Lewis).
mire, pastime, Ir. mire, sport, madness, M. Ir. mire, madness; see mear.
mirr, myrrh, Ir. miorr, E. Ir. mirr, W. myr; from Lat. myrrha, Eng. myrrh.
mìs, mìseach, maoilseach, goat, doe (Carm.) = maoisleach.
misd, the worse for, Ir. misde, meisde, M. Ir. meste, E. Ir. mesai-die = messa-de, "worse of"; from mios and de, of.
misg, drunkenness, Ir. meisge, misge, E. Ir. mesce, O. Ir. mescc, drunk: *mesko-, *meskjâ, from *med-sko-, also E. Ir. mid, g. meda, mead, W. medd, hydromel, O.Cor. med, sicera, Br. mez, hydromel: *medu-; Gr. μέθυ, wine; Eng. mead; Ch. Slav. medŭ, honey, wine; Skr. mádhu, sweet, sweet drink, honey.
misimean-dearg, bog-mint, Ir. misimín dearg:
mìslean, a mountain grass, sweet meadow grass (Cameron); for milsean, from milis, sweet; cf. Ir. milsean mara, a sort of sea-weed; mìsleach, sweetness (Hend.).
misneach, misneachd, courage, Ir. meisneach, M. Ir. mesnech: *med-s-, root med of meas: "think, hope".
mistear, a cunning, designing person; from misd.
mith, an obscure or humble person; from the root mi, mei as in mi-, miosa.
