Tath Definition
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The dung of livestock left on a field to serve as manure or fertiliser.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A piece of ground dunged by livestock.
Origin of Tath
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From Middle English tathen, from Old Norse teðja (“to manure”), from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, part, section”). Cognate with Icelandic teðja (“to dung, manure”), Norwegian tedja (“to dung”), German zetten (“to let fall in small pieces, let crumble”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English tath, from Old Norse tað (“manure”), from Proto-Germanic *tadą (“manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, part, section”). Cognate with Icelandic tað (“manure, dung”), Swedish dialectal tad (“manure, dung”).
From Wiktionary
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