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Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth”).
Noun
iorth f
- earth
- 13th century, Henrik Harpestreng, Liber Herbarum, 2:42.
[…] waxær hun giærnæ nithær i yorth.- it will grow down in the earth.
- land
1241, Codex Holmiensis, 1:36:Sæl bondæ sinæ egnæ iorth.- If a farmer sells his lands.
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