th-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "th"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English th-.
Prefix[edit]
th-
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “th-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Middle English[edit]
Prefix[edit]
th-
- the (written with elision before a vowel)
Usage notes[edit]
- Chaucer used forms such as thabsence, tharray, thegle (the eagle), and thingot.
References[edit]
- “th”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.