"edh" meaning in English

See edh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: edhs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛð Head templates: {{en-noun}} edh (plural edhs)
  1. Alternative form of eth. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eth
    Sense id: en-edh-en-noun-tUu5gDqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "eth"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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              89,
              92
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1964, Romanization Guide, United States, Department of State, Office of the Geographer, page 10:",
          "text": "The Faeroese language is a dialect of Icelandic and, like Icelandic, employes the letter edh (Ð ð). Unlike Icelandic, however the Faeroese ð has the sound of y (as in \"yes\") before i, v before u, and is silent in all other cases.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              120,
              123
            ],
            [
              208,
              211
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988, D. W. Cummings, American English Spelling: An Informal Description, page 210:",
          "text": "The Romans uses th to write the Greek letter theta. In Old English the sound /th/ was usually spelled with the thorn or edh, very rarely with th. Under the influence of the Norman scribes the runic thorn and edh died away, being replaced in time by the th.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of eth."
      ],
      "id": "en-edh-en-noun-tUu5gDqN",
      "links": [
        [
          "eth",
          "eth#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "edh"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "edhs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "edh (plural edhs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛð",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛð/1 syllable"
      ],
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            [
              89,
              92
            ]
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          "ref": "1964, Romanization Guide, United States, Department of State, Office of the Geographer, page 10:",
          "text": "The Faeroese language is a dialect of Icelandic and, like Icelandic, employes the letter edh (Ð ð). Unlike Icelandic, however the Faeroese ð has the sound of y (as in \"yes\") before i, v before u, and is silent in all other cases.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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            [
              120,
              123
            ],
            [
              208,
              211
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988, D. W. Cummings, American English Spelling: An Informal Description, page 210:",
          "text": "The Romans uses th to write the Greek letter theta. In Old English the sound /th/ was usually spelled with the thorn or edh, very rarely with th. Under the influence of the Norman scribes the runic thorn and edh died away, being replaced in time by the th.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of eth."
      ],
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        "alternative"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "edh"
}

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