eth

• edh

The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.

• IPA^(key): /ɛð/, (less commonly) /ɛθ/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛð

eth (plural eths)

1. A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175:

     In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]

• thorn, þorn, þ
• wynn, wen, ƿ
• Wikipedia article on eth

• het, the, EHT, Teh, HET, the-, TEH, teh

Uncertain. Perhaps related to end (“to weave”).

eth (aorist etha, participle ethur)

1. to mate (cattle)

Unclear. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”), hence Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, Old Norse auðr Icelandic auður.

eth m

1. (chiefly dialectal) property

From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū (compare Welsh wyth), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

eth

1. eight

eth f (singulative ethen)

1. scents

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eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)

1. (Gascony) the

   Synonym: lo

eth

1. (Gascony) he

• IPA^(key): /eθ/

·eth

1. passive singular preterite conjunct of téit

From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ.

eth m

1. oath

• Middle Low German: êt
  • German Low German: Eed
  • Plautdietsch: Eit