Synonyms for neath

Grammar : Prep

Spell : neeth, neeth

Phonetic Transcription : niθ, nið

Définition of neath

Origin : 1787, poetic shortening of beneath (q.v.).

As in underneath : prep below

Example sentences :

May be beatin' Heaven's music 'neath that faded coat and vest.
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

They cannot move their dead cats while smarting 'neath the cruel English yoke.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Neath is of great antiquity, having been the Nidum of the days of Antoninus.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Of the grip of that Grendel 'neath the great roof upbuilded.
Extract from : « The Tale of Beowulf » by Anonymous

They nearly came to grief in quicksands at the mouth of the river Neath.
Extract from : « Medival Wales » by A. G. Little

If your quest remains uncertain,You will find it 'neath a curtain.
Extract from : « Games For All Occasions » by Mary E. Blain

T were well to crush them neath the iron hand of fear, ere they find out this.
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

When they were 'neath the kirk,' he issued from the wood and menaced their further progress.
Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison

The Vale of Neath would be accounted a wonder if it were in Middlesex.
Extract from : « The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts » by Various

Yet ne'er 'neath thee my seat shall beFor ever and for ever.
Extract from : « Quips and Quiddities » by William Davenport Adams

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