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eath

eath · eather · eathest

Easy; not hard or difficultEasy; not hard or difficult.

Meaning

1 senses

(dialectal)Easy; not hard or difficult.

Origin

From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from

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.

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