heeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English hǣþ, *hāþ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːθ

Noun

heeth (plural hethes)

  1. heath, uncultivated land
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
      Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
      Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: heath, heather
  • Scots: haithe (in compounds only)
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