erthe

See also: erþe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• erþe, eorthe, eerthe, eorðe, erth, eorþe, erðe, ereth, herðe, earþe, eorth, erþ

Etymology

From Old English eorþe, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈœrθə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrθ(ə)/

Noun

erthe

1. Earth; the world
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge […] "

2. The Earth's people or inhabitants
3. country, realm
4. land, terrain
5. ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
6. earth (one of the alchemical elements)

Derived terms

• erthen

Descendants

• English: earth, Earth
• Scots: erd (influenced by erd)

References

• “erthe (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• irthe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Noun

erthe f

1. earth

Inflection

Declension of erthe (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	erthe	ertha
genitive	erthe	ertha, erthena
dative	erthe	erthum, erthem, erthon
accusative	erthe	ertha

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014