multh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English multe (be tender, grow compassionate), from Old English meltan, from Proto-West Germanic *meltan.

Verb

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multh

  1. giving away gratis, as at funerals?

Etymology 2

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Verb

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multh

  1. simple past of mulke
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Na speen to be multh, nar flaase to be shaure.
      no teat to be milked, nor fleece to be shorn.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57