different between deth vs derth

deth

English

Noun

deth (countable and uncountable, plural deths)

  1. Obsolete form of death.

Middle English

Noun

deth (plural deths)

  1. Alternative form of deeth

Occitan

Contraction

deth

  1. Contraction of de eth.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

deth

  1. Alternative form of dheth

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derth

English

Noun

derth

  1. Obsolete spelling of dearth

Anagrams

  • thred

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe

Etymology

From West Saxon Old English *d?erþ, *d?erþu and Anglian Old English *d?orþ, *d?orþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþ?; equivalent to dere +? -th.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?r?(?)/, /?dir?(?)/
  • (Late ME also) IPA(key): /?dar?(?)/

Noun

derth (uncountable)

  1. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
  2. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)
  3. (rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence.

Descendants

  • English: dearth
  • Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart

References

  • “derth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-30.

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