eorþtyrewa

Old English

FWOTD – 30 November 2023

Etymology

From eorþe (“earth”) +‎ tirwa (“tar, resin”), related to teoru (“tar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe͜orθˌty.re.wɑ/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌty.re.wɑ]

Noun

eorþtyrewa m

asphalt
- c. 900, Old English Orosius
  se weall is ġeworht of tiġelan and eorþtyrewan
  the wall is built with bricks and asphalt

Declension

Declension of eorþtyrewa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eorþtyrewa	—
accusative	eorþtyrewan	—
genitive	eorþtyrewan	—
dative	eorþtyrewan	—

Further reading

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþtyrewa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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