youthe

Etymology
From the oblique forms of, from , from ; loosely equivalent to. Compare.

Forms with continue the consonantism of the Old English oblique forms (from Old English ), while forms in  mostly represent final devoicing of. Unlike in, these two form types predominate in Middle English; the forms with and  (from early syncope in the Old English nominative singular , then levelling of the resulting consonantism to the oblique forms) are much rarer. undefined Shortening of the long vowel was regular in all variants of this word in Late Old English, either due to the trisyllabicity of inflected forms or because of the following consonant cluster; in forms with, the long vowel reflects a regular change from to , while in those with , it is due to lengthening before. Some Middle English varieties apparently underwent a change of to ; Modern English (and Scots)  can reflect either the changed or unchanged form. In Early Modern English, forms with a short vowel are recorded; these may originate from shortening in. However, there is no evidence that such forms existed in Middle English.

Noun

 * 1) Youth part of life following childhood:
 * 2)  The youth or childhood of an animal.
 * 3)  The early stage of an institution or phenomenon.
 * 4) Youth state of being young; youngness
 * 5) A young person; a youth.
 * 6)  An army of young men.