derth
Middle English
/ˈdɛrθ(ə)/, /ˈdarθ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- 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, success, magnificence.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English *dīerþ, *dēorþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (honour, preciousness, costliness) affix from Middle English dere (hard, fierce, severe, deadly).
Origin
Middle English
dere
Gloss
hard, fierce, severe, deadly
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
硬