heeth
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛːθ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːθ
Etymology
From Old English hǣþ, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī.
Noun
heeth (plural hethes)
- heath, uncultivated land
- 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
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
Related terms
- (probably) hethen
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