eath

== English == === Alternative forms === eathe, eeth, eith, aith (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi (“easy, effortless”), Middle High German œde (“easy”), Old Norse auðr, auð- (“easy”), Icelandic auð (“(adverb) easily”), auð- (“easy”). More at easy. === Adjective === eath (comparative eather, superlative eathest) (Now chiefly dialectal) Easy; not hard or difficult. 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIX, lxi: There, as he look'd, he saw the canvas rent, / Through which the voice found eath and open way. ==== Antonyms ==== uneath difficult ==== Derived terms ==== eathly ==== Related terms ==== eathful eathlins eathy === Adverb === eath (Now chiefly dialectal) Easily. === Anagrams === HEAT, Thea, haet, hate, heat, heta