deeth
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deeth (uncountable)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “dēth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots edit
deeth (plural deeths)
- Alternative form of daith
Yola edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
deeth
- 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 edit
- 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