deeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛːθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːθ

Noun

deeth (uncountable)

  1. death

Descendants

  • English: death
  • Scots: deith, daith

References

Scots

Noun

deeth (plural deeths)

  1. alternative form of daith

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːt̪/

Verb

deeth

  1. simple past of dee
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
      Lickweese mee been deeth in aar heeve.
      Likewise my bees die in their hive.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104