breeth
Middle English
Alternative forms
- breað, braþe, breth, breith
Etymology
From Old English brǣþ, from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi, from Proto-Germanic *brēþiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛːθ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːθ
Noun
breeth (plural breeths)
- breath
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
- Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
- Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
Descendants
- English: breath
- Scots: breth, brethe, breith
References
- “brēth, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.