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Fortnith

//ˈfɔːtnɪθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of fortnight. Northern-England, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete

    "[…]to Anne Mercer, my daughter, the some of xiiij li., according to an agrement between her husband and me, to be paid within one fortnith of the death of my wiffe."

Etymology

A collateral form of fortnight with the dialectal change of /xt/ to /θ/ (probably via an intermediate /θt/); compare Doric Scots dother (“daughter”), mith (“might”), and obsolete noth (“nothing”). Note that drouth (“drought”) is not an example of this change; it instead retains the dental fricative of Old English drugaþ.

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