youthe

== English == === Noun === youthe (countable and uncountable, plural youthes) Obsolete form of youth. === Anagrams === Tuohey, Touhey == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝouthe, ȝouþe, ȝowþe, ȝuþe, youghte, youþe geogoðe, guweðe, guwuðe, ȝeoȝeþæ, ȝeoȝeþe, ȝeoȝoþe, ȝeuȝeþe, ȝueþe, ȝuheðe, ȝuweðe, iuȝeðe, youhþe (Early Middle English); ȝeoȝeðe, ȝuȝeðe (Laȝamon's Brut) ȝougeþe, ȝought, ȝouth, ȝoyugþe, youghe, yought, yougthe, youth, yowthe (Late Middle English) ȝough, ȝoughȝ, ȝougthe, ȝuugthe (East Anglia); ȝowhþe, ȝowith, yowith (East Saxon); yowuthe (Ireland); yeȝeþe (Kent) ȝuthe, yhouth, yhouthe, yiuth, yuþe (Northern); ȝougheþ, ȝuygthe (Southern); ȝoweþe, ȝyouthe (West Midland) === Etymology === From the oblique forms of Old English ġeoguþ ([ˈju.ɣuθ]), from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz; loosely equivalent to yong +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare yongthe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjuːð(ə)/, /ˈjuːθ(ə)/, /ˈjuxt(ə)/, /ˈjuːxt(ə)/, /ˈjuxθ(ə)/ (with /juː/ > /jiu̯/) IPA(key): /ˈjiu̯ð(ə)/, /ˈjiu̯θ(ə)/ === Noun === youthe (uncountable) Youth (part of life following childhood): (rare) The youth or childhood of an animal. (rare) The early stage of an institution or phenomenon. Youth (state of being young; youngness) A young person; a youth. (rare) An army of young men. ==== Related terms ==== youthhede ==== Descendants ==== English: youth (obsolete yought) Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth Scots: youth ==== References ==== “yǒuth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.