dieth

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English die

Proto-Germanic *-ōþi

Proto-West Germanic *-ōþ

Old English -aþ

Middle English -eth

English -eth

English dieth

From die + -eth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəθ/

Rhymes: -aɪəθ

Verb

dieth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of die
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 59:5:

     They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `It is surely the right of a wife to be near her husband when he dieth.'

Anagrams

• Edith, Heidt, ithed

Cornish

Etymology

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Noun

dieth m (uncountable)

1. shame

   Synonyms: meth, sham

Derived terms

• dieth yw (“it's a shame”)

Mutation

Mutation of dieth

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
dieth	dhieth	unchanged	tieth	tieth

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

References

• “dieth” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.