eath

[ eeth, eeth ]

/ ið, iθ /

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adjective, adverb Scot.

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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

How to use eath in a sentence

An' aw therefore houp in this deceesion we wull support each eather ho-nestly and leeberally.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II|Various
When I was a little gell I used to zet in the 'eather gatherin' the whorts, an' me little mouth all black wi' eatin' them.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)|John Galsworthy
A kind lady brought me in that bit of 'eather; 'tes wonderful sweet stuff when the 'oney's in et.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)|John Galsworthy
Enouch of blood by me's been spilt, Seek not zour death frae mee; I rather lourd it had been my sel Than eather him or thee.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3|Various

We are marters, both of us, to prinsple; and every body who knows eather knows that we would sacrafice anythink rather than that.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush|William Makepeace Thackeray