i'th'prep.
/ɪð/ Now regional or archaic in verse.
In the.
ΚΠ
c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 308 Yth bowndes of Tividale.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 84 All hearts i'th state. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 130 Ith' dead of darkenesse. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 153 I'th'Commonwealth. View more context for this quotation
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 150 Not altering in the Autumn from what they were ith' Spring.
1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) iv. 142 Has left it still i'th' Bakers Pow'r, To Cheat their Customers much more.
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (1821) Pref. 8 Ith time of Oliver Crumel.
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