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eth

 th)
n.
Variant of edh.
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eth

(ɛð; ɛθ)
n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a variant of edh

ETH

abbreviation for
Ethiopia (international car registration)
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eth

or edh

(ɛð)

n.
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

-eth1

,
an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: hopeth; sitteth.
[Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t]

-eth2

,
var. of -th 2, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

Eth.

Ethiopia.
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References in classic literature ?
"Ah, peradventure my head being distraught by the manifold matters whereunto the confusions of these but late adventured haps and fortunings whereby not I alone nor you alone, but every each of us, meseem- eth --"
Goeden morgen, mynheer, eth teen begeeray le weeten the ge sond heets omstand."