Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dalketh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dalketh
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Obsolete spelling of Dalkeith: a town in Midlothian council area, Scotland.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And doubting leſt the cardinalll(being there pꝛeſent)ſhould go about to perſuade the nobilitie not to conſent to their deſires, they cauſed him to be put in ward within the caſtell of Dalketh: […]"
"Next to the Marches Pictland, now termed Loudean, bounding vpon the Eaſt, a very hillie countrey, barren almoſt of any trees. The moſt famous towns of the ſame be Dunbar, Hadington, Leith, Dalketh and Edenborough, the Kings ſeate,where alſo is the caſtle of Maidens, a very ſtrong and defenſible place."
"A Daughter married vnto the Earle of Dalketh."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does dalketh mean?: Obsolete spelling of Dalkeith: a town in Midlothian council area, Scotland.

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