[ mǣð] I. f. measure, degree, proportion, rate, Æ; AO: honour, respect, reverence, LL: what is meet, right, fitness, ability, virtue, goodness, Æ, CP: condition, lot, state, rank, Æ. [‘methe’]
[II.] n. cutting of grass, BC. [‘math’]
mǣð- = mǣgð-
[ ±mǣðegian] to honour, respect, spare, W; Æ. [‘methe’]
[ mæðel] (e) n. council, meeting, popular assembly: (†) speech, interview.
[ mæðelcwide] † (e) m. discourse.
[ mæðelern] † n. council-house, prætorium.
[ mæðelfrið] (ðl) mn. security (‘frið’) enjoyed by public assemblies, LL 3 [1], (v. 2·464).
[ mæðel-hēgende] †, -hergende holding conclave, deliberating.
[ mæðelstede] † (e) m. place of assembly: battlefield.