eorþe

== Middle English == === Noun === eorþe (Ormulum; Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire) alternative form of erthe (“earth”) == Old English == === Alternative forms === earþe — Northumbrian iorþe — Kentish eorþ, yrþ, eorðe, eorþo, eorþu eorþæ, heorþe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe͜or.θe/, [ˈe͜orˠ.ðe] === Noun === eorþe f ground dirt the planet Earth late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron: ==== Usage notes ==== The meaning "ground, dirt" rarely uses the definite article. The meaning "the Earth" uses the definite article most of the time, though there are a fair number of exceptions; in this it is like sunne (“sun”), mōna (“moon”), and heofon (“sky”). ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== folde hruse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: erthe, eerthe, erde, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, earþe, erðe, eorth, herðe (Early Middle English), eorðe, horðe, horþe (Early Middle English, West Midland), ȝerthe, irthe, yerth, yerthe, yrþe (Late Middle English), orþe (Kent), eirthe, eyrthe (Northern, Northwest Midland), eorthe, eorþe, urþe, urthe (Southern, West Midland), oerþ, oerþe (Herebert)English: earth; EarthMiddle Scots: erd, erde, ȝerd, ȝeird (influenced by erd)Scots: erd, yerd, yird, yirth; YirdYola: erth, eart, eard, eord, eorth