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Middle English
Etymology
From West Saxon Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu and Anglian Old English *dēorþ, *dēorþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō; equivalent to dere + -the (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛrθ(ə)/, /ˈdirθ(ə)/, /ˈdɛːrθ(ə)/, /ˈdeːrθ(ə)/, /-ð(ə)/
- (Late ME also) IPA(key): /ˈdarθ(ə)/
Noun
derthe (uncountable)
- A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
- (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)
- (rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence.
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