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Middle English
Noun
eorþe
- Alternative form of erthe (“earth”)
Old English
Alternative forms
- earðe — Northumbrian
- iorðe — Kentish
- eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorðo, eorðu
- eorþæ, heorðe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Usage notes
- 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
Declension of eorþe (weak)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: erthe, eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, oerþe, oerþ, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe, yrþe, orþe, ȝorthe, horþe, horðe, urþe, urthe, hurde, erde; earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe