Definitions For Meon

Adjective

{{fro-adj, ?}} (9th century) {{alternative form of, fro, mon}}

Usage notes

Used in the {{w, Oaths of Strasbourg}}.

Noun

MEON (uncountable) (obsolete) spignel, meum athamanticum

Synonyms

Meum athamanticum meu, meum; baldmoney, {{vern, maldmoney}}; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, {{vern, bear-wort}}, {{vern, bear's wort}}

Etymology

From {{bor, en, grc, μῆον}}, probably from μεῖον, , lesser for its small size.

Anagrams

Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Alternative forms

{{alter, ga, meón, , superseded}}

Etymology 1

Noun

{{ga-noun, m, meoin, ~ta}} attitude, disposition character, temperament {{alternative form of, ga, mian, , desire}} {{alternative form of, ga, méin, meinn, , mind, disposition}}

Declension

{{ga-decl-m1, m, eon, eoin, pl=eonta, strong=yes}}

Derived terms

{{l, ga, meonúil, pos=a, , whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious}}

References

s:alexander macbain - an etymological dictionary of the gaelic language, alexander macbain - an etymological dictionary of the gaelic language ()

Etymology 2

Noun

{{ga-noun, m, meoin, meoin}} {{alternative form of, ga, meán, , middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone}}

Declension

{{ga-decl-m1, m, eon, eoin}}

References

{{R:ga:Ó Dónaill}}

Mutation

{{ga-mut}}

Old French