eorþhus

== Old English == === Alternative forms === eorðhūs === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *erþahūs, from Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. Equivalent to eorþe (“earth”) +‎ hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old Norse jarðhús (“underground room or passage”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe͜orθˌxuːs/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌhuːs] === Noun === eorþhūs n den, cave ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: erthe hous, erthe-hous, erþe hous, eorð-hus (early Southern)English: earthhouse, earth-houseMiddle Scots: erd hous === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “eorþhūs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.