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'neath

'neath is the alternative spelling of neath.

Meaning of neath

Preposition

neath

  1. (poetic) Beneath.

See all 4 meanings of neath

Origin of 'neath

From a misunderstanding of neath as an apheretic form of beneath, when it is in fact the older and original (or prefixless) form thereof. See and compare 'til (from till, the origin of until) for a similar case, as well as fore (whence before).

Questions about 'neath

What is 'neath the alternative spelling of?
'neath is the alternative spelling of neath.

Words near 'neath in the dictionary

  1. 'nanas
  2. 'naner
  3. 'naners
  4. 'nation
  5. 'Na̱mg̱is
  6. 'neath
  7. 'Net
  8. 'nother
  9. 'nough
  10. 'ns
  11. 'nstead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'neath (page history and authors); neath (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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