eth
Pronunciation: /ɛð/
(also edh)
Definition of eth
noun
- an Old English letter, ð or Ð, representing the dental fricatives /ð/ and /θ/. It was superseded by the digraph th, but is now used as a phonetic symbol for the voiced dental fricative /ð/. Compare with thorn (sense 3).
Origin:
from Danish edh, perhaps representing the sound of the letter