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ETH
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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TOM McARTHUR. "ETH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "ETH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ETH.html TOM McARTHUR. "ETH." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ETH.html |
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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 It was superseded by the digraph th, but is now used as a phonetic symbol.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. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "eth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-eth.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "eth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-eth.html |
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"eth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "eth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-eth.html "eth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-eth.html |
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