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• eth
  eth

  noun

  a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
• -eth
  -eth

  an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.
• Eth.
  Eth.

  abbreviation

  Ethiopia.
• ETH
  ETH

  abbreviation

  Ethiopia (international car registration)

eth

¹ American  

[eth] / ɛð /

Or edh

noun

1. a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

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-eth ² American  

1. an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.

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-eth ³ American  

1. variant of -th, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

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Eth. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia.

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-eth ¹ British  

suffix

1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbs

   goeth

   taketh

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-eth ² British  

suffix

1. a variant of -th 2

   twentieth

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ETH ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia (international car registration)

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Eth. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia(n)

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eth ⁵ British  

/ ɛð, ɛθ /

noun

1. a variant of edh

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Etymology

Origin of -eth

From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t

Example Sentences

In the third person singular of the present tense, the West Midland favours the Northern suffix -es or -is; whilst the East Midland favours the Southern suffix -eth.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

The forms ending in -eth are about 31 in number, of which 17 are of French, and 14 of A.S. origin.

From Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Furnivall, Frederick James

The present singular, 3rd person, of the indicative, ends both in -es or -s, and -eth or -th, the former being the more usual.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Instead of -eth we even find -et, as in herknet, 1.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Both the -eth and -e forms are commonly used without the word ye, though.

From Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Furnivall, Frederick James