eorþhus
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. Equivalent to eorþe (“earth”) + hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old Norse jarðhús (“underground room or passage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe͜orθˌxuːs/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌhuːs]
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: erthe-hous
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþhūs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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