different between eath vs hath

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 Middle English hath, heth, hafth, hefth, from Old English hæfþ, hafaþ (“has”), from Proto-Germanic *habaiþi (“has”), equivalent to have +? -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian häd (“has”), West Frisian hat (“has”), Dutch heeft (“has”), Afrikaans het (“has, have”), German Low German hett (“has”), German hat (“has”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?th, IPA^(key): /hæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

hath

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of have

   • ... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...

Alternative forms

• hathe

Synonyms

• has

Related terms

• have
• hast
• has
• had

Irish

Interjection 1

hath!

1. Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)

Interjection 2

hath!

1. Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)

References

• "hath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• haþ

Verb

hath

1. third-person singular present indicative of haven