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eath

[ eeth, eeth ]

adjective

, Scot.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eath1

before 1000; Middle English ethe, Old English ēathe (adv.); cognate with Old Norse auth-, Old High German -ōdo; akin to Old English ēadig, Gothic audags happy

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Example Sentences

And as the weather was so fine, I laid it all out in paper windmills to sell to the kids on 'Amstead 'Eath.

I am interested in that, because upon the title-page the usual initials are omitted, and it runs simply ‘by Go-eath.’

Eath must be the end of a word, for none begins with athn, thn, or hn.

"I jest been 'avin' a stroll on Putney 'Eath," continued Bindle, settling himself down comfortably in the corner of a bench.

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