breeth
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English brǣþ, from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi, from Proto-Germanic *brēþiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “brēth, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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