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a land, country, region
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  • Óðres eardes landseta

    colonus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 49.

  • Eall gærs and wyrta ealles eardes

    omnem herbam regionis,

      Gen. 2, 5.

  • Ne þú ne ætstande on þisum earde

    nec stes in omni circa regione,

      19, 17.

  • Ealne þone eard Asiam,

      Hml. Th. i. 68, 34.

  • Þone eard Chanaan landes

    terram Chanaan,

      Num. 13, 3.

  • Þone Judéiscan eard,

      Hml. S. 25, 734.

  • Se cyning wolde þone eard (

    Northumbria

    ) mid ealle fordón,
      Chr. 948; P. 112, 32.

  • Eord,

      Shrn. 156, 1.

  • Hé (

    St. Clement

    ) gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, and þá wanspédigan crístenan ðǽra earda ne geðafode þæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde wurdon,
      Hml. Th. i. 558, 24.
in connexion with persons.
the country where a person lives or
is going to live
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  • Eardes álýsednys

    patrie liberatio,

      Hml. S. 8, 204.

  • For hiora eardes lufan,

      Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 38.

  • Ic gewende tó mínum earde, þǽr ic geboren wæs

    revertar in terram, in qua natus sum,

      Num. 10, 30.

  • Se kyning ðe hine (

    David

    ) on suá heardum wræce gebróhte, and of his earde ádrǽfde,
      Past. 37, 4.

  • Ꝥ hié on wræcsíþas fóran and on ellþiéde . . . þæt hié mon tó hiora earde forléte,

      Ors. 4, 4; S. 167, 27: 6, 30; S. 282, 20: 6, 34; S. 290, 19: Wlfst. 120, 13, 14.

  • Férde Godes folc fram ðeówte tó ðám behátenan earde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.
  • Seó sunne scínð on Hierusalem and on Rómebyrig and on þisum earde and on eallum eardum, i. 286, 35.

  • Tó þysan earde,

      Chr. 959; P. 115, 13.

  • Hú man þisne eard werian sceolde,

      1010; P. 140, 29.

  • On þá gerád ꝥ hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman. And gif heó man ǽfre eft on earde geméte,

      Ll. Th. i. 220, 8-10.

  • Beó hé útlah, búton him se cyng eard álýfe (

    allow him to remain in the country

    ),
      258, 20.

  • Siþþan Engle and Seaxe Brytene sóhtan, eard begeátan,

      Chr. 937; P. 110, 7.

  • Oð hié him þǽr eard genámon,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 27.

  • Eard gesécan

    to return to their country,

      2, 4; S. 70, 15.
of a more limited area,
the place where a person lives, habitation, dwelling, home
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  • Hé leng on þám lande gewunian ne mihte, ac of his cýððe gewát and of his earde,

      Bl. H. 113, 12.

  • Þú,

    Drihten, forgeáfe þám sáwlum eard on hiofonum, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 19.

  • Úre ealra bliss eard hæbbendra on ánum þé éce standeð

    the joy of us all having habitation in thee alone stands for ever;

    laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio est in te,
      Ps. Th. 86, 6.
in connexion with things,
natural place, native soil (of plants)
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  • Ǽlc þing biþ fullest on his ágenum earda,

      Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 24.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. erd.]
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v. úp-eard.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eard.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43381.

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