See -eth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "-eth"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Southeast Midland Middle English",
"Southwest Midland Middle English"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "suffix",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "-eth",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "ordinal suffix",
"word": "-the"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of -the (ordinal suffix)"
],
"links": [
[
"-the",
"-the#Middle_English:_ordinal"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-eth"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (bdd14c0 and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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