Definitions For Derth

Noun

{{enm-noun, -}} 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, amazingness, success, magnificence.

Descendants

{{desc, en, dearth}} {{desc, sco, dearth}}, {{l, sco, darth}}, {{l, sco, deart}}, {{l, sco, daart}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry= derth(e, part of speech= n , id= MED11254 , accessdate=2019-06-30}}

Anagrams

thred

Middle English

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe}}

Etymology

From West Saxon {{inh, enm, ang, dīerþ}}, *dīerþu and Anglian {{inh, enm, ang, *dēorþ}}, *dēorþu, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *diuriþō}}; equivalent to {{af, enm, dere, -th}}.