erthe

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See also: erþe

Middle English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrð(ə)/, /ˈeːrð(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)/, /-θ(ə)/

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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 [] "
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. The Earth's people or inhabitants
  3. country, realm
  4. land, terrain
  5. ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
  6. earth (one of the alchemical elements)
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Descendants
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  • English: earth, Earth
  • Scots: erd (influenced by erd)
  • Yola: erth, eart, eard, eorth, eord
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Etymology 2

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From Old English ierþ; equivalent to eren (to plough) +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (home).

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Noun

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erthe (uncountable) (rare)

  1. The ploughing of soil.
  2. The amount of land ploughable in a day.
Descendants
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  • English: earth (confused with Etymology 1)
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Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *erþu.

Noun

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erthe f

  1. earth

Inflection

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

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