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Alternative spelling of neath; beneath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, poetic
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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).
