eorþe

eorþe

1. Alternative form of erthe (“earth”)

• eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorðo, eorðu

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜or.θe/, [ˈe͜orˠ.ðe]

eorþe f

1. ground
2. dirt
3. 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.

• 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”).

• folde
• hruse

• eorþæppel (“cucumber”)
• eorþbeofung (“earthquake”)
• eorþberġe (“strawberry”)
• eorþcræft (“geometry”)
• eorþlīċ (“earthly”)
• eorþteoru (“asphalt”)
• ierþling (“farmer”)
• ierþen (“of dirt”)

• Middle English: erthe, eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe; earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe
  • English: earth, Earth
  • Scots: erd (influenced by erd)
  • Yola: erth, eart, eard, eord, eorth