iorth

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Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth”).

Noun[edit]

iorth f

  1. earth
    • 13th century, Henrik Harpestreng, Liber Herbarum, 2:42.
      […] waxær hun giærnæ nithær i yorth.
      […] it will grow down in the earth.
  2. land
    • 1241, Codex Holmiensis, 1:36:
      Sæl bondæ sinæ egnæ iorth.
      If a farmer sells his lands.

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: jord
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