eorþe
Middle English
editNoun
editeorþe
- Alternative form of erthe (“earth”)
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- earðe — Northumbrian
- iorðe — Kentish
- eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorðo, eorðu
- eorþæ, heorðe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða
Etymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeorþe 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
editDeclension of eorþe (weak)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- eorþæppel (“cucumber”)
- eorþbeofung (“earthquake”)
- eorþberġe (“strawberry”)
- eorþcræft (“geometry”)
- eorþlīċ (“earthly”)
- eorþtyrewa (“asphalt”)
- ierþen (“of dirt”)
- ierþling (“farmer”)
Descendants
editCategories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English feminine n-stem nouns