heeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• heth, hethe, hath, hathe, hoth, hothe

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)

Related terms

• (probably) hethen

Descendants

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