raith

American

[rayth] / reɪθ /

noun

Scot.. a period of three months, particularly a term of this length at school or university.

Example Sentences

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O. N. ð, þ quite regularly > th: baith, bletherb, raith, buith, degraith, firth, garth, graith, ithand, lythe, mythe, hething, harth, grith, gyrth, waith, vath, sleuth, tath, skaith, wandreth, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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