eath

[ eeth, eeth ]

adjective

, Scot.

1. easy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eath¹

before 1000; Middle English ethe, Old English ēathe (adv.); cognate with Old Norse auth-, Old High German -ōdo; akin to Old English ēadig, Gothic audags happy

Example Sentences

Yer 'll set yer teeth agin the 'eath When theer's a toob up there.

From Project Gutenberg

—I have a Note on this very epitaph, made several years since, from whence extracted I know not; but there is an English version attached, which may prove interesting to some readers, as it exactly imitates the style of the Latin: cur- f- w- d- dis- and p- "A -sed -iend -rought -eath ease -ain." bles- fr- b- br- and ag- E. S. TAYLOR.

From Project Gutenberg

"We'll live on 'Ampstead 'Eath, George, when you're rich and we're married, at one of them big 'ouses by the pond, and we'll 'ave donkey rides and bicycles and things."

From Project Gutenberg

When the furriner's foodstuffs out we shuts, We'll still 'ave the run of our teeth On the cocoa we makes off o' cocoanuts As they grows upon 'Ampstead 'Eath!

From Project Gutenberg

Later in the day, retired Unlimited Hydroplane driver Tom D'Eath piloted U-8 on an exhibition run at about 120 mph.

From Time Magazine Archive