yird

See also: Yird

Scots

Alternative forms

• yerd, yirth
• eard, eird, erd (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots ȝerd, ȝeird, variant of erd, erde, from Early Scots erd, erde, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Compare Yird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪrd/

Noun

yird (uncountable)

1. earth, sod, soil, topsoil, mould, loam
2. ground

Verb

yird (third-person singular simple present yirds, present participle yirdin, simple past and past participle yirdit)

1. to bury, to inter

References

• “yird”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.