erldom
Middle English
Alternative forms
- eorldom, erldam, irldom, eerldom, erledom, erldome, erledome
Etymology
From Old English eorldōm; equivalent to erle + -dom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛrldoːm/, /ˈɛːrldoːm/
- (with vowel reduction) IPA(key): /ˈɛrldum/, /ˈɛrldɔm/, /ˈɛrldam/
Noun
erldom (plural erldoms)
- A county or earldom; a region supervised or ruled by an earl.
- The position of being a earl; earlship.
- (rare) One of the traditional English counties.
Descendants
- English: earldom
References
- “ē̆rldọ̄̆m, -dam (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-30.