erthe

== Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːrð(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. ==== Alternative forms ==== eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe, yrþe, orþe, ȝorthe, horþe, horðe, urþe, urthe, hurde, erde earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe (Early Middle English) oerþe, oerþ (Herebert) ==== Noun ==== erthe Earth; the world The Earth's people or inhabitants country, realm land, terrain ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay earth (one of the alchemical elements) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: earth; Earth Middle Scots: erd, erde, ȝerd, ȝeird (influenced by erd) Scots: erd, yerd, yird, yirth; Yird Yola: erth, eart, eard, eord, eorth ===== References ===== “ē̆rthe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English yrþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”). ==== Alternative forms ==== erþe ==== Noun ==== erthe (uncountable) (rare) The ploughing of soil. The amount of land ploughable in a day. ===== Descendants ===== English: earth (confused with Etymology 1) ===== References ===== “ē̆rthe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === erde, irthe === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *erþu. === Noun === erthe f earth ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: eerd Halligen: eerde, iarde Heligoland: iir Mooring: jard Sylt: Iart, Öört Wiedingharde: örd Saterland Frisian: Äide, Idde, Äid West Frisian: ierde === References === Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)