i'th'

See also: ith, iþ, ið, -ið, and íð

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪð/

Contraction

i’th’

  1. (poetic, archaic) Contraction of in the.
    • 1675, Tho. Hobbes of Malmsbury, transl., Homer's Odysses, London: W. Crook, Lib. XI, page 128:
      Then said Elpenor, Iſſue of Jove, Divine
      Ulyſſes, I had come along with th'Bark,
      But that the Devil and exceſs of Wine
      Made me to fall, and break my Neck i'th' dark.
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