ierþling

Old English

Alternative forms

irþling, yrþling, eorþling

Etymology

eorþe +‎ -ling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi͜yrθ.linɡ/, [ˈi͜yrˠð.liŋɡ]

Noun

ierþling m

farmer, husbandman, ploughman
a cuckoo or lapwing

Declension

Declension of ierþling (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ierþling	ierþlingas
accusative	ierþling	ierþlingas
genitive	ierþlinges	ierþlinga
dative	ierþlinge	ierþlingum

Descendants

Middle English: *erthling, erdling
- English: earthling

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “irþling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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