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Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Either inherited from Middle English erthequake or a calque of English earthquake.
Noun
yirdquauk (plural yirdquauks)
- earthquake
- Synonym: earthquake
1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 27:54:The centurion an the sodgers at wis keepin watch owre Jesus wi him wis ill fleyed whan they saw the yirdquauk an aa, an said, "Atweill wis he a son o God, that ane!"- The centurion and the soldiers guarding Jesus were horribly terrified when they saw the earthquake alongsides everything else, saying "That man really was the son of God!"