Noun: erthe
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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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[…].” (And I said, “Sir, in his time, Mr. John Wycliffe was held by very many men to be the greatest clergyman that they knew living upon the Earth. And therewith he was deemed, I guess deservingly, an excellent, regular man who was innocent in all his doing […] .”) [1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40:]
Nouns inflected like erthe
syment,
cristened,
savete,
savyne,
sandal,
whelere,
scuage,
scluse,
sclise,
sclave,
schyft,
schuit,
schite,
schort,
schold,
schern,
smothe,
smethe,
smerte,
slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. See: Old English Nouns '
eorþe'.
Verbs referencing "erthe"
English Nouns
earth.
Translations