A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Muth(e, Moythe, a. [Late north. ME. mothe (c 1450) ? disquieted, ON. móð-r weary, OSw. móþ-er annoyed, disquieted.] a. ? Weary, exhausted. b. Of the strings of a musical instrument: ? Become slack or out of tune. —c1420 Wynt. ix. 1690.
Quha had the ware … I wil nocht say; bot quha best had, He wes but dout bathe muth [C. moythe; Au., E.2, L. mayt(e] and mad c1460 Regim. Princ. 5.
Quhen thai [sc. strings] ar discordand, fals and muth [: uth, suth; Ch. & M., Maitl. muthe] Thair wil na man tak plesance in that play
