eath
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eath
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Who hath the world not tride From the right way full eath may wander wide.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the eath is full of thy riches.
From Lady Mary and her Nurse by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill
And eath it was, sith they’re so near a kin They be both born of one rebellious sire.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
"Go forth from me," quoth I, "and leave me, censor mine: Feign not that eath and light, that's grievous to aby."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne
Or thinks he it an eath or little thing That us despised, neglected, and disdained, Like abjects vile, to death he thus should bring, That so his empire may be still maintained?
From Jerusalem Delivered by Edward Fairfax
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
