eorþtyrewa
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From eorþe (“earth”) + tirwa (“tar, resin”), related to teoru (“tar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eorþtyrewa m
- asphalt
- c. 900, Old English Orosius
- se weall is ġeworht of tiġelan and eorþtyrewan
- the wall is built with bricks and asphalt
- c. 900, Old English Orosius
Declension[edit]
Declension of eorþtyrewa (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | eorþtyrewa | — |
accusative | eorþtyrewan | — |
genitive | eorþtyrewan | — |
dative | eorþtyrewan | — |
Further reading[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþtyrewa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.