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edh

edh is the alternative form of eth.

Meaning of eth

Noun

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.
    • In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175

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Forms of edh

pluraledhs

Words that rhyme with edh

Questions about edh

What is edh the alternative form of?
Edh is the alternative form of eth.

Words near edh in the dictionary

  1. EDGs
  2. Edgton
  3. Edgware
  4. Edgworth
  5. edgy
  6. edh
  7. edhs
  8. EDI
  9. Edi Upper
  10. Ediacaran
  11. Ediacarans

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