erthe

See also: erþe

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English eorþe, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Pronunciation
  • (Early ME) IPA(key): /øːrθə/
  • IPA(key): /ɛrθ(ə)/

Noun

erthe

  1. Earth; the world
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge […] "
  1. The Earth's people or inhabitants
  2. country, realm
  3. land, terrain
  4. ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
  5. earth (one of the alchemical elements)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþō

Noun

erthe f

  1. earth

Inflection
Declension of erthe (ō-stem)
case singular plural
nominative erthe ertha
accusative erthe ertha
genitive erthe ertha, erthena
dative erthe erthum, erthem, erthon

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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