eorþhnutu
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts. Equivalent to eorþ (“earth”) + hnutu (“nut”). Cognate with Old High German erdnuz and Old Norse jarðhnot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe͜orθˌxnu.tu/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌn̥u.tu]
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: erthenote
- English: earthnut
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþhnutu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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