eth

eth or edh [eth] Examples noun

1. a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

Eth.

1. Ethiopia.

-eth 1

1. an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.

Also -th. Origin of -eth 1 Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t -eth 2

1. variant of -th2, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

Examples from the Web for eth Historical Examples of eth

“Eth, pretty too,” and the child pouted her lips for a kiss.

Rodney, the Ranger

John V. Lane

He ——eth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

English Synonyms and Antonyms

James Champlin Fernald

A dental breath-penning is one more or less on the teeth; as, eth, ef.

An Outline of English Speech-craft

William Barnes

Somehow the telephone doesn’t seem to harmonise with words ending in “eth.”

In Pastures Green

Peter McArthur

Ellaby read aloud: “A code (a) of eth (code) ics for (eth) mankind (ethics for mankind).”

The Dictator

Milton Lesser

British Dictionary definitions for eth eth noun

1. a variant of edh

ETH abbreviation for

1. Ethiopia (international car registration)

Eth. abbreviation for

1. Ethiopia(n)

-eth 1 suffix

1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbsgoeth; taketh

Word Origin for -eth Old English -eth, -th -eth 2-th suffix forming ordinal numbers

1. a variant of -th 2 twentieth