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Erd

Erd

(ẽrd)
,
Noun.
[OE.
erd
,
eard
, earth, land, country, AS.
eard
; akin to OS.
ard
dwelling place, OHG.
art
plowing, tillage, Icel.
örð
crop, and to L.
arare
to plow, E.
ear
to plow.]
The earth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
Erd shrew
(Zoöl.)
,
the common European shrew (
Sorex vulgaris
); the shrewmouse.

Definition 2024

erd

erd

See also: ERD and -erd

English

Noun

erd

  1. (dialect, rare) Alternative form of earth
    • 1887, John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 (of 2):
      Thi will on erd be wrought, eek as it is wrought in heven ay.

Middle English

Noun

erd

  1. Native land, homeland, home

Etymology

From Middle English erd ‎(“native land or region; homeland, abode; dwelling or home.”) From Old English eard ‎(“native place, country, region, dwelling-place, estate, cultivated ground, earth, land”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɹd/

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