eorþe

See also: eorthe and eorðe

Middle English

Noun

eorþe

Alternative form of erthe (“earth”)

Old English

Alternative forms

earðe — Northumbrian
iorðe — Kentish
eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorðo, eorðu
eorþæ, heorðe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe͜or.θe/, [ˈe͜orˠ.ðe]

Noun

eorþe f

ground
dirt
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.

Usage notes

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”).

Declension

Declension of eorþe (weak)

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

Synonyms

folde
hruse

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Middle English: erthe, eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, oerþe, oerþ, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe, yrþe, orþe, ȝorthe, horþe, horðe, urþe, urthe, hurde, erde; earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe
- English: earth, Earth
- Scots: erd (influenced by erd)
- Yola: erth, eorth, eart, eard, eord

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