"erthe" meaning in Middle English

See erthe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈeːrð(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)/
Etymology: From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|earth}}, {{inh|enm|ang|eorþe}} Old English eorþe, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*erþu}} Proto-West Germanic *erþu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*erþō}} Proto-Germanic *erþō Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} erthe Forms: eerthe [alternative], eorthe [alternative], eorþe [alternative], ereth [alternative], erth [alternative], erþ [alternative], erþe [alternative], irthe [alternative], yrþe [alternative], orþe [alternative], ȝorthe [alternative], horþe [alternative], horðe [alternative], urþe [alternative], urthe [alternative], hurde [alternative], erde [alternative], earþe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], erðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], eorðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], eorth [alternative, Early-Middle-English], herðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], oerþe [alternative], oerþ [alternative]
  1. Earth; the world Categories (place): Earth
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-kUgkrGkf Disambiguation of Earth: 40 21 0 1 14 16 7 0 Categories (other): Geology Disambiguation of Geology: 15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4
  2. The Earth's people or inhabitants
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-se0pO2LG Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Collectives, Geology, Units of measure Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 6 12 17 3 14 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 36 4 4 10 4 11 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 46 2 2 6 2 7 31 Disambiguation of Collectives: 2 76 2 2 3 2 3 8 Disambiguation of Geology: 15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 3 67 3 3 3 3 4 14
  3. country, realm
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-ZsHYKUAZ
  4. land, terrain
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-DleoyiVY Categories (other): Geology Disambiguation of Geology: 15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4
  5. ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-qGg8uLhy Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20
  6. earth (one of the alchemical elements)
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-xYZ7D1h1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: erthe quave, erthe schakynge, erthequake, ertheward, middelerthe Related terms: erthe dyne, erthe hous, erthely, erthen
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈeːrð(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)/ Forms: erþe [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English yrþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|yrþ}} Old English yrþ, {{af|enm|eren|-the|id1=to plough|id2=abstract nominal|pos2=abstract nominal suffix|t1=to plough}} eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} erthe, {{enm-noun|-}} erthe (uncountable)
  1. The ploughing of soil. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-jPt7LWgw Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal), Agriculture Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20 Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
  2. The amount of land ploughable in a day. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-erthe-enm-noun-xCXtQqSx Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "enm",
      "name": "Government",
      "orig": "enm:Government",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthe quave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthe schakynge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthequake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ertheward"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "middelerthe"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "earth"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Earth"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "erd"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "erde"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "ȝerd"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "ȝeird"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "erth"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eart"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eard"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eord"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eorth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "earth"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "eorþe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English eorþe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*erþu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *erþu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*erþō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *erþō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eerthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ereth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yrþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ȝorthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hurde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "herðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oerþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oerþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "erthe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthe dyne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthe hous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erthen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "enm:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 21 0 1 14 16 7 0",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Earth",
          "orig": "enm:Earth",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              126,
              131
            ]
          ],
          "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[…]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Earth; the world"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-kUgkrGkf",
      "links": [
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 25 6 12 17 3 14 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 36 4 4 10 4 11 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 46 2 2 6 2 7 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 76 2 2 3 2 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "enm:Collectives",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "enm:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 67 3 3 3 3 4 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "enm:Units of measure",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Earth's people or inhabitants"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-se0pO2LG",
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "inhabitant",
          "inhabitant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "country, realm"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-ZsHYKUAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 4 32 4 4 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "enm:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "land, terrain"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-DleoyiVY",
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "terrain",
          "terrain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-qGg8uLhy",
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "clay",
          "clay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earth (one of the alchemical elements)"
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-xYZ7D1h1",
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːrð(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erthe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "enm",
      "name": "Government",
      "orig": "enm:Government",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "confused with Etymology 1"
      ],
      "word": "earth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "yrþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English yrþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "eren",
        "3": "-the",
        "id1": "to plough",
        "id2": "abstract nominal",
        "pos2": "abstract nominal suffix",
        "t1": "to plough"
      },
      "expansion": "eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English yrþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "erþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "erthe",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "erthe (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "enm:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ploughing of soil."
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-jPt7LWgw",
      "links": [
        [
          "ploughing",
          "ploughing"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 8 10 21 4 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The amount of land ploughable in a day."
      ],
      "id": "en-erthe-enm-noun-xCXtQqSx",
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "ploughable",
          "ploughable"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːrð(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erthe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
    "Middle English terms with quotations",
    "Middle English terms with rare senses",
    "Middle English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Agriculture",
    "enm:Collectives",
    "enm:Earth",
    "enm:Geology",
    "enm:Government",
    "enm:Units of measure"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "erthe quave"
    },
    {
      "word": "erthe schakynge"
    },
    {
      "word": "erthequake"
    },
    {
      "word": "ertheward"
    },
    {
      "word": "middelerthe"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "earth"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Earth"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "erd"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "erde"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "ȝerd"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "erd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yerd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yird"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "yirth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "Yird"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "ȝeird"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "erth"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eart"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eard"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eord"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "eorth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "earth"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "eorþe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English eorþe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*erþu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *erþu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*erþō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *erþō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eerthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ereth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yrþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ȝorthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "horðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hurde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eorth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "herðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oerþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oerþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "erthe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "erthe dyne"
    },
    {
      "word": "erthe hous"
    },
    {
      "word": "erthely"
    },
    {
      "word": "erthen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              126,
              131
            ]
          ],
          "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[…]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Earth; the world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Earth's people or inhabitants"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "inhabitant",
          "inhabitant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "country, realm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land, terrain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "terrain",
          "terrain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ground, earth, dirt, soil, clay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "clay",
          "clay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earth (one of the alchemical elements)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːrð(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erthe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)",
    "Middle English terms with quotations",
    "Middle English terms with rare senses",
    "Middle English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Agriculture",
    "enm:Collectives",
    "enm:Earth",
    "enm:Geology",
    "enm:Government",
    "enm:Units of measure"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "confused with Etymology 1"
      ],
      "word": "earth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "yrþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English yrþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "eren",
        "3": "-the",
        "id1": "to plough",
        "id2": "abstract nominal",
        "pos2": "abstract nominal suffix",
        "t1": "to plough"
      },
      "expansion": "eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English yrþ; equivalent to eren (“to plough”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare erd (“home”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "erþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "erthe",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "erthe (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The ploughing of soil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ploughing",
          "ploughing"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The amount of land ploughable in a day."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "ploughable",
          "ploughable"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːrð(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːrð(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erthe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for erthe meaning in Middle English (8.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (e97c820 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.