waith

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wayth, wathe, wath

Etymology

From Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr, both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛi̯θ/, /waːθ/

Noun

waith (plural wathes)

1. The food caught after a hunt.
2. (rare) Hunting as an activity.
3. (rare) One's quarry when hunting.

Descendants

• English: wath (obsolete)
• Scots: waith (obsolete)

References

• “waith, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Welsh

Noun

waith

1. Soft mutation of gwaith.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwaith

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwaith	waith	ngwaith	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.