"derthe" meaning in Middle English

See derthe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛrθ(ə)/, /ˈdirθ(ə)/, /ˈdɛːrθ(ə)/, /ˈdeːrθ(ə)/, /-ð(ə)/, /ˈdarθ(ə)/ [Late-Middle-English, also]
Etymology: From West Saxon Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu and Anglian Old English *dēorþ, *dēorþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō; equivalent to dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*dīerþ}} Old English *dīerþ, {{inh|enm|ang|*dēorþ}} Old English *dēorþ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*diuriþu}} Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*diuriþō}} Proto-Germanic *diuriþō, {{af|enm|dere|-the|id2=abstract nominal|pos2=abstract nominal suffix}} dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} derthe, {{enm-noun|-}} derthe (uncountable)
  1. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Nutrition
    Sense id: en-derthe-enm-noun-TwRPwqQA Disambiguation of Nutrition: 41 27 32
  2. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing) Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-derthe-enm-noun-ZuD1RF6t
  3. (rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-derthe-enm-noun-Ty3BhNAZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 6 81 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 22 12 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 6 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: derth, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dearth"
          },
          "expansion": "English: dearth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: dearth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "dearth",
            "3": "darth",
            "4": "deart",
            "5": "daart"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "*dēorþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *dēorþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "*diuriþu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*diuriþō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *diuriþō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dere",
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        "id2": "abstract nominal",
        "pos2": "abstract nominal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From West Saxon Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu and Anglian Old English *dēorþ, *dēorþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō; equivalent to dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix).",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "derthe",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "derthe (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 27 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Nutrition",
          "orig": "enm:Nutrition",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine."
      ],
      "id": "en-derthe-enm-noun-TwRPwqQA",
      "links": [
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "famine",
          "famine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-derthe-enm-noun-ZuD1RF6t",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 12 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 6 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amazingness, success, magnificence."
      ],
      "id": "en-derthe-enm-noun-Ty3BhNAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Amazingness",
          "amazingness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdirθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛːrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdarθ(ə)/",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "derth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "derþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "derþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dierþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dyrthe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "derthe"
}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
    "Middle English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Nutrition"
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "3": "darth",
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            "5": "daart"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*dīerþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *dīerþ",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*dēorþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *dēorþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*diuriþu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*diuriþō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *diuriþō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dere",
        "3": "-the",
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        "pos2": "abstract nominal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From West Saxon Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu and Anglian Old English *dēorþ, *dēorþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō; equivalent to dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "derthe",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "derthe (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "famine",
          "famine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)"
      ],
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        "(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amazingness, success, magnificence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Amazingness",
          "amazingness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdirθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛːrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːrθ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdarθ(ə)/",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "derth"
    },
    {
      "word": "derþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "derþe"
    },
    {
      "word": "dierþe"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyrthe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "derthe"
}

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