erthe
See also: erþe
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛrð(ə)/, /ˈeːrð(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)/, /-θ(ə)/
Etymology 1
From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Alternative forms
Noun
erthe
- Earth; the world
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40:
- And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge […] "
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
- The Earth's people or inhabitants
- country, realm
- land, terrain
- ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
- earth (one of the alchemical elements)
Descendants
References
- “ē̆rthe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.
Etymology 2
From Old English ierþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”).
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: earth (confused with Etymology 1)
References
- “ē̆rthe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *erþu.
Inflection
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.