Noun: eorþe
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | eorþe |
| Plural | eorþan |
Genitive
| Singular | eorþan |
| Plural | eorþena |
Dative
| Singular | eorþan |
| Plural | eorþum |
Accusative
| Singular | eorþan |
| Plural | eorþan |
Sample Sentences
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Nāp nihtsċūa, norþan snīwde, hrīm hrusan bond, hæġl fēol on eorþan, corna caldast. (Nightshade darkened, it snowed from the north, frost bound the ground, hail fell on earth, the coldest of corns.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron (The Earth isn't on top of anything: it floats in the air.)
Nouns inflected like eorþe
seohhe,
sneare,
snecce,
safine,
sceppe,
smitte,
smiþþe,
slyppe,
sloppe,
ylfete,
cynewiþþe,
alexandre,
hoppestre,
hennebelle,
gagelle,
gagille,
gagolle,
feldmore,
mynetsmiþþe,
fiþelestre, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Verbs referencing "eorþe"
English Nouns
earth, Gothic Nouns
𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰, Old Norse Nouns
jǫrð, Middle English Nouns
erthe.
Translations