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Moneth, n.¹ Also: monethe, -etht, (-e(c)ht), -et(t, muneth(t, mowneth, monath, -at, mwnath, mochnath, moneyth(t, -ayth. [ME. moneth, -eð, also monet, mooneþ, e.m.E. moneth, monneth, munethe, OE. mónað, -oð, -eð: cf. Month n.] A month.

1. As a date, particular stretch of time, particular calendar month.Also attrib. with end.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xliii. 171.
Of Nouember in the moneth Quhene flouris haldine ar vndirneth 1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 294.
The last day of the moneth of Marche 1394 Liber Aberbr. 43.
Down and gyffyn the yer and the day of the moneth befor nemmyt ?1438 Alex. ii. 5015. 1402 Reg. Panmure II. 185. c1420 Wynt. iv. 2466.
Off his name that moneth ay Wes August callyd to this day c1450-2 Howlat 998. 1459 Rep. Hist. MSS., Var. Coll. V. 81.
Monethe c1475 Wall. viii. 1088. c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 9/27.
To confes him four tymes in the yere, and better ilk moneth c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 82, 252. 1514 Rec. Earld. Orkney 87. 1580 Skeyne Descr. Well 5.
The monethis of Junij, Julij, August a1568 Scott v. i, 61. 1570 Sat. P. xxiv. 1.
In Mayis moneth 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 303.
The houssis that wer distroyit that moneth in Edinburgh a1585 Polwart Flyt. 196 (T).
In Lent moneth, and long in summer 1584 Waus Corr. 313.
The best halk … can nocht be reddy … afoir the last of this moneth 1596 Dalr. I. 6/20. 1620 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 180. 1650 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II. 869. 1667 St. A. Baxter Bks. 134. 1671 Lauder Notices Affairs I. 27.
In one of the throngest moneths of harvest 1684 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 381 (23 May).
[Cut no wood] in the worme moneth or deid moneth 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 101.
In the moneth of Juneattrib. 1480–1 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 38.
Customes … sett … j^cxvj merk to be payit at the moneth end(b) 1405 Maxwell Mem. I. 145.
The xviii day of the monetht of October 1443 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 96. 1487 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 366. 1496 Edinb. Hammermen 14. 1521 Stirling B. Rec. I. 9.
Monecht 1549 Compl. 103/10.
Monetht 1575 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 267.
Diuers oulkis and monethtes immediatlie preceiding the said monetht of Junii 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 84.(c) 1519 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 107.
The xj day of the monet of October 1589 Misc. 3 Spald. C. II. 5.
Laitly decessit in the monet of December a1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 37.
The sewint day of the said monett 1598 Misc. 3 Spald. C. II. 5.
Monet(d) 1400 Maxwell Mem. I. 139.
The xxi day of the muneth of October 1410 Red Bk. Menteith II. 281.
Munetht 1480 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 323.
Mwnath(e) 1565 Inverness Rec. I. 120.
In this instant mowneth(f) 1384 Misc. Hist. Soc. V. 33.
The aucht day of the monath of Novembir 1450 Peebles B. Rec. I. 111.
Mononday the ferd day of the monath October 1456 Ib. 112. 1528 Douglas Corr. 136.(g) 1549 Banff Ann. I. 27.
Swa furth ilk monat(h) 1553 Corr. M. Lorraine 367.
The ferd day off this nyxt moneytht 1606 Grant Chart. 202.
Day, moneyth, ȝere and place forsaidis(i) 1547 Corr. M. Lorraine 207.
The fyft day of this monayth instant

b. An intercalary month. 1533 Bell. Livy I. 47/17.
He colleckit all thir od dayis togiddir and interponit thame with monethis intercalaris

2. The duration of a calendar month, as a measure of length of time.Following a cardinal numeral, freq. uninflected in plur. See also Twelfmoneth n.(1) 1375 Barb. xv. 78.
All that moneth I trow that he Sall haf no gret will for to ficht a1400 Leg. S. vi. 361.
Of a monethe efter the space Ib. xi. 206.
Nocht a moneth bot a day Bad we thé byd Ib. xxxiii. 365.
In a moneth 1456 Hay I. 146/5.
For a moneth or mare 1458 Peebles B. Rec. I. 127.
Within a mochnath 1490 Irland Mir. I. 136/9.
Nowis the vi monethe sene sche [Elizabeth] has bene with child c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 80.
Fra I had preveit his pitht the first plesand moneth 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 475. 1524–5 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 75.
Ane monetht syne 1531 Bell. Boece II. 112.
At the ische of the tent moneth 1533 Boece i. viii. 52.
The ferde moneth thar eftir [they] to Ergile returnit 1547 Armstrong Hist. Liddesdale I. App. lxxxi.
Half ane monethis wage 15.. Clar. V. 3027. 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 211.
Ane day licence ilk moneth 1562-3 Winȝet I. 53/18.
In ane monethis space or thairby Ib. 129/26.
Nocht anis in the moneth 1590 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 25.
For the monethis service 1590 Ayr B. Acc. 44.
Moneth 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 85.
And thou sall nocht byd ane monetht with thin [children] 1622 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 54. 1649 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 179.
Twa peckis of grottis in the monethe 1661 Rothesay B. Rec. 65.
Be the monethe 1686 Cramond Kirk S. II. 5 Sept. 1693 Conv. Burghs IV. 186.(2) 1551 Hamilton Cat. 143.
Sche buir him in hir wayme certane monethes 1570 Sat. P. xv. 65.
Ȝe ȝeiris and monethis, dayis & houris 1588 King Cat. H.v.b.
The monethes … albeit thay war æquall to the cowrse of the moone, ȝeit war thay nocht astricted thairto a1605 Montg. Sonn. ii. 6.
Celestiall signis of moneths making ȝeers 1616 Macritchie Gypsies 95.
To remane dayis, oulkis and monethis togidder 1650 Glasgow Wrights Acts ii.
To serve be quarteris or monethes or weiks 1675 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 292.
Some monethes agoe(3) 1456 Hay I. 147/13.
For thai thre monethis 1478 Acta Aud. 66/1.
To be pait within four monethtis c1515 Asl. MS. I. 225/21. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 139.
The space of monethis thre 1515 Reg. Privy S. I. 411/2. 1528 Lynd. Dreme 420. 1533 Boece xi. xv. 436. 1531 Bell. Boece II. 61.
Four monethis trewis 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 267.
I laye vnburyit sewin monethtis and more 1558-66 Knox II. 50.
From sex monethis to sex monethis 1570 Sat. P. x. 193. 1596 Dalr. I. 5/25. 1622-6 Bisset II. 335/14.
Bot aucht monethis paip 1658 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 179.
Ane register of sex moneths baptisms or therby 1663 Rothesay B. Rec. 77.
With the two monethis mentinance 1675 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 254.
In thrie monethes tyme(4) a1400 Leg. S. xi. 386.
Thre monethe thai dwelt stil Ib. xxxvi. 104.
Fywe moneth that scho with barne wes c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1447. c1420 Wynt. i. 1403.
Thare [Thule] sex moneth off the yhere … Thare for-owtyn nycht is day Ib. 1581, iii. 131. 1443 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 96.
With four moneth till ryn 1456 Hay I. 147/11.
For thre moneth of that ȝere ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 111, 112.
To wesy … hir ante Elizabeththat wes sex monethes gane with barne and baid with hir thre moneth 1545 Douglas Corr. 154.
Vagit … for sax moneht 1549 Compl. 35/21.
Quhar ane man lyuis ane hundretht ȝeir … ane hundretht lyuis nocht ane hundretht monetht 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 730. 1633–4 Black Bk. Taymouth 75. 1640 Baillie I. 257.
Two moneth

b. ellipt. for: a month's wage. 1545 Corr. M. Lorraine 134.
[To] be anssuerit and payt off thair last monethis last bipast quhilk I have payt on my auin

c. This day moneth (day), a month after the day indicated, the corresponding day of the following month. Ane moneth tyd, a month's time. a1500 Lanc. 570.
His purpos is, or this day moneth day … to assay Your lond 1526 Selkirk B. Ct. MS. 120 a.
To produce thair evidens this day monetht in plane coyrt — 15.. Sym & Bruder 56.
Hir wedoheid fra the begynning Wes neir ane moneth tyd