different between eath vs eathly

English

Alternative forms

• eathe, eeth, eith, aith (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ?þi (“deserted, empty”), Old High German ?di (“empty, abandoned, easy, effortless”), Middle High German öde (“blank, vacant, easy”) (German öde), Old Norse auðr (“deserted, empty”), Icelandic auð (“easy”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (auþeis, “desolate, deserted”). More at easy.

Adjective

eath (comparative eather, superlative eathest)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Easy; not hard or difficult.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIX, lxi:

     There, as he look'd, he saw the canvas rent, / Through which the voice found eath and open way.

Antonyms

• uneath
• difficult

Derived terms

• eathly

Related terms

• eathful
• eath-kent
• eathlins
• eathy

Adverb

eath

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Easily.

Anagrams

• HEAT, Thea, haet, hate, heat, heta

English

Etymology

From eath +? -ly.

Adverb

eathly (comparative more eathly, superlative most eathly)

1. (Britain dialectal) In an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.

Anagrams

• Hatley, hyetal, layeth