eorþe

eorþe

See also: eorthe and eorðe

Middle English

Noun

eorþe

1. Alternative form of erthe

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Old English

Alternative forms

• eorðe, earþe, iorþe

Etymology

From Anglo-Frisian *erþǣ, from West Germanic *erþā, n-stem variant of *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Cognate with Old Frisian erthe (West Frisian ierde), Old Saxon ertha (Low German Eer), Old Dutch ertha (Dutch aarde), Old High German erda (German Erde), Old Norse jǫrð (Swedish jord), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeo̯r.θe/, [ˈeo̯r.ðe]

Noun

eorþe f

1. earth, ground, dirt
2. the planet Earth
   • late 10th century, 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.

Declension

Declension of eorþe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eorþe	eorþan
accusative	eorþan	eorþan
genitive	eorþan	eorþena
dative	eorþan	eorþum

Derived terms

• eorþlīċ
• eorþling

Descendants

• Middle English: erthe, erde
  • English: earth, Earth
  • Scots: erd, eird, erth, eirth