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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | Copyright

ETH, also edh. In OLD ENGLISH, the LETTER  or ð, used to represent both a voiced and an unvoiced apico-dental fricative (the th in both these and three in Modern English); in Modern Icelandic and IPA, the letter ð, used to represent a voiced apico-dental fricative (as in these). It originated in Old English as a crossed d. Its upper-case form is ð. See SPEECH, THORN.

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eth

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

eth an Old English letter, ð or Ð. It was superseded by the digraph th, but is now used as a phonetic symbol.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "eth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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eth

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

eth •eth • Gorsedd

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