eth

or edh

[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.

Ethiopia.

-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.

Also -th.

Origin of -eth

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

-eth

variant of -th², the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

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Examples from the Web for eth

Historical Examples of eth

“Eth, pretty too,” and the child pouted her lips for a kiss.
Rodney, the Ranger
John V. Lane
He ——eth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
James Champlin Fernald
A dental breath-penning is one more or less on the teeth; as, eth, ef.
An Outline of English Speech-craft
William Barnes
Somehow the telephone doesn't seem to harmonise with words ending in "eth."
In Pastures Green
Peter McArthur
Ellaby read aloud: "A code (a) of eth (code) ics for (eth) mankind (ethics for mankind)."
The Dictator
Milton Lesser

British Dictionary definitions for eth

eth

noun

a variant of edh

ETH

abbreviation for

Ethiopia (international car registration)

Eth.

abbreviation for

Ethiopia(n)

-eth

suffix

forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbsgoeth; taketh

Word Origin for -eth

Old English -eth, -th

-eth

-th

suffix forming ordinal numbers

a variant of -th 2 twentieth

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