douth
Reliability; ease; security; shelterReliability; ease; security; shelter.
Meaning
3 senses(dialectal, uncountable, usually)Reliability; ease; security; shelter.
There's no^([sic]) much douth in a wire fence.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Virtue; excellence; atheldom; nobility; power; riches.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A group of people, especially an army or retinue.
Origin
From Middle English douthe, douth, duweðe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worFrom Middle English douthe, douth, duweðe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *dugunþu, *dugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“power, competency, notefulness, virtue”), from *duganą (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient”).
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