deeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• deeþ, deth, deþ, dethe, deþe
• deð, dæð, dæþ (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̝ːθ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːθ

Noun

deeth (uncountable)

1. death

Descendants

• English: death, deth (obsolete)
• Scots: daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith

References

• “dēth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Noun

deeth (plural deeths)

1. alternative form of daith

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːt̪/

Verb

deeth

1. 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

• 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