English Explanatory Dictionary

'neath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Alternative spelling of neath; beneath.

Word forms

'neath

Etymology

From a misunderstanding of neath as an apheretic form of beneath, when it is in fact the older and original (or prefixless) form thereof. See and compare 'til (from till, the origin of until) for a similar case, as well as fore (whence before).

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