eorþeの英語

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

発音

• IPA: /ˈe͜or.θe/, [ˈe͜orˠ.ðe]
• 韻: -e͜or.θe

名詞

eorþe f

1. ground
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     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.

2. dirt
3. the planet Earth
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron:

     Sēo eorðe ne liġþ on nānum þinge, ac hēo stent on lofte.

     The Earth isn't on top of anything: it floats in the air.

使用する際の注意点

• The meaning "ground, dirt" rarely uses the definite article. The meaning "the Earth" uses the definite article most of the time, though there are a fair number of exceptions; in this it is like sunne (“sun”), mōna (“moon”), and heofon (“sky”).

語形変化

Weak n-stem:

同意語

• folde
• hruse

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: erthe, eerthe, erde, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, earþe, erðe, eorth, herðe (Early Middle English), eorðe, horðe, horþe (Early Middle English, West Midland), ȝerthe, irthe, yerth, yerthe, yrþe (Late Middle English), orþe (Kent), eirthe, eyrthe (Northern, Northwest Midland), eorthe, eorþe, urþe, urthe (Southern, West Midland), oerþ, oerþe (Herebert)
  • English: earth; Earth
  • Middle Scots: erd, erde, ȝerd, ȝeird (influenced by erd)
    • Scots: erd, yerd, yird, yirth; Yird
  • Yola: erth, eart, eard, eord, eorth