breeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• breað, braþe, breth, breith

Etymology

From Old English brǣþ, from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ̝ːθ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːθ

Noun

breeth (plural brethes)

1. breath
   • 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: breath
• Scots: breth, brethe, breith

References

• “brēth, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.