erthe
See also: erþe
Middle English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Alternative forms edit
- eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, oerþe, oerþ, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe, yrþe, orþe, ȝorthe, horþe, horðe, urþe, urthe, hurde, erde
- earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe (Early Middle English)
Noun edit
erthe
- Earth; the world
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40:
- And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge […] "
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The Earth's people or inhabitants
- country, realm
- land, terrain
- ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
- earth (one of the alchemical elements)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ē̆rthe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English ierþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
erthe (uncountable) (rare)
Descendants edit
- English: earth (confused with Etymology 1)
References edit
- “ē̆rthe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *erþu.
Noun edit
erthe f
Inflection edit
Declension of erthe (ō-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | erthe | ertha |
genitive | erthe | ertha, erthena |
dative | erthe | erthum, erthem, erthon |
accusative | erthe | ertha |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)