See erthe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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},
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{
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"english": "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 […] .”",
"ref": "1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 40:",
"text": "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[…].”",
"translation": "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 […] .”",
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"ipa": "/ˈɛːrð(ə)/"
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