waith

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr, both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæi̯θ/, /waːθ/

Noun

waith (plural wathes)

  1. The food caught after a hunt.
  2. (rare) Hunting as an activity.
  3. (rare) One's quarry when hunting.

Descendants

  • English: wath (obsolete)
  • Scots: waith (obsolete)

References

Welsh

Noun

waith

  1. soft mutation of gwaith

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwaith
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwaith waith ngwaith unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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