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

Descendants

English: breath
Scots: breth, brethe, breith

References

“brēth, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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