eard

See also: 'eard

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz, *arduz, *arþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).

Cognate with Old Saxon ard, Old High German art (German Art). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin arō, Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old East Slavic орати (orati), Russian ора́ть (orátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑrd/, [æ͜ɑrˠd]

Noun

eard m

1. homeland, native soil; one's home, a dwelling

   Ðis is mīn āgen ēþel, eard, and land

   This is my own country, home and land.

2. earth, land
3. state; station; condition; fate

Declension

Declension of eard (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eard	eardas
accusative	eard	eardas
genitive	eardes	earda
dative	earde	eardum

Related terms

• eardian
• erian

Descendants

• Middle English: art
  • Scots: airt
  • Yola: ete
• Middle English: erd, ard, arde, urde
  • English: erd (in part)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English earþe, from Old English earþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu.

Noun

eard

1. Alternative form of erth

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 38