eorþe
Middle English edit
Noun edit
eorþe
- Alternative form of erthe (“earth”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- earðe — Northumbrian
- iorðe — Kentish
- eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorðo, eorðu
- eorþæ, heorðe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eorþe f
- ground
- dirt
- the planet Earth
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron:
- Sēo eorðe ne liġþ on nānum þinge, ac hēo stent on lofte.
- The Earth isn't on top of anything: it floats in the air.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron:
Usage notes edit
- The meaning "ground, dirt" rarely uses the definite article. The meaning "the Earth" uses the definite article most of the time, though there are a fair number of exceptions; in this it is like sunne (“sun”), mōna (“moon”), and heofon (“sky”).
Declension edit
Declension of eorþe (weak)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- eorþæppel (“cucumber”)
- eorþbeofung (“earthquake”)
- eorþberġe (“strawberry”)
- eorþcræft (“geometry”)
- eorþlīċ (“earthly”)
- eorþtyrewa (“asphalt”)
- ierþen (“of dirt”)
- ierþling (“farmer”)