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§7; §49; §85; §169; §196; §205; §261; §278; §302; §404;
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the ground,
as a surface
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  • Hé ástrehte his líchaman tó eorðan,

    • Hml. Th. i. 66, 22
      • .

  • Wæs his ræst on nacodre eorðan,

    • Bl. H. 227, 11.

  • Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter,

    • 237, 6
      • .

  • Þá lástas on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron,

    • 127, 21.
of a part of the surface which has special characteristics,
(rough, &c.) ground:
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  • Hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan,

    • Shrn. 152, 2
      • .
as a solid stratum
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  • Eorþu hroernis

    terrae motus,

    • Mk. R. 13, 8.

  • Eorþo,

    • Lk. R. 21, 11
      • .

  • From burgum and from túnum on eorþan besuncen,

    • Ors. 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 88, 13
      • .
as a place of burial
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  • Hié ne mehton þá gefarenan tó eorþan bringan,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 28.

  • His ne cóm furðon án bán tó eorðan,

      Shrn. 54, 29.

  • Heora líchoman licggað on eorðan,

      Bl. H. 101, 2.
as suitable for cultivation,
soil, land
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  • Dǽl rénas ofer þíne eorðan . . , syle wæstmas þínre eorðan . . . bið þín eorðe ídel and unnyt,

    • Wlfst. 260 6-10
      • .
as productive
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  • Ðiós eorðe, ðe him ðæt gestreón of cóm, eallum mannum is tó gemánan geseald and eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster,

    • Past. 335, 9
      • .

  • Þá wæstmas þe eorþe forþbringeþ,

    • Bl. H. 39, 17
      • .

  • Regnas eorþan wæstmas weccaþ,

    • 51, 20
      • .
the world we live in.
dry land as opposed to sea
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  • Heofon and eorþe and sǽ,

    • Bl. H. 91, 21
      • .

  • Seó sǽ ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan . . . hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá stillan eorþan,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 74, 27
      • .

  • Gé befarað sǽ and eorðan (eordu, R.),

    • Mt. 23, 15
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  • Þá neólnessa þá eorþan willaþ forswelgan,

    • Bl. H. 93, 12
      • .
earth as opposed to the material heaven
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  • Þone ne magon befón heofon and eorþe,

    • Bl. H. 5, 34
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  • Heofon biþ befealden swá swá bóc, and eorþe biþ forbærned tó axan,

    • 91, 26
      • .
as the abode of man
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  • Æt þám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum,

    • Bl. H. 119, 25
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  • Gié aron salt earðes,

    • Rtl. 118, 3
      • .

  • Mé is geseald ǽlc anweald on heofonan and on eorþan (eorðo, L., eorþe, R.),

    • Mt. 28, 18
      • :
    • Bl. H. 49, 16
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  • Wé æt þǽm ýtmestan dæge eall ágyldan sceolan þe hé ús ǽr on eorþan sealde,

    51, 25.
in intensive phrase:
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  • Nyste ic náwár eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde

    I shouldn't know how on earth to set about it,

    • Shrn. 182, 13, 19
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the earth as a planet
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  • Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan,

    • Lch. iii. 254, 15
      • .

  • Seó sunne gǽð . . . on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorþan . . . Ǽfre heó byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan . . . Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht,

    • 234, 18-28
      • .

  • Eorðan ymbhwyrft,

    • 236, 7
      • .

  • Úre eorðlice niht cymð þurh ðǽre eorðan sceade,

    • 240, 13
      • .
a land, country
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  • Bethlem, eorðu (ludéa land, W. S.)

    Bethleem, terra Juda,

    • Mt. L. 2, 6
      • .

  • Zabulones eorðu and Neptalimes eorþe

    terra Zabulon et Neptalim,

    • Mt. R. 4, 15
      • .

  • Heofenas and eorðan

    (terrae)

    wǽron geworhte,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 263, 13
      • .

  • Ymbhwrft eorðana

    orbis terrarum,

    • Ps. L. 97, 7
      • .

  • India mǽgþ is ealra eorðena seó ýtemyste,

    • Shrn. 120, 19
      • .
the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, soil, mould, dust
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  • Reád eorðe

    glarea,

    • An. Ox. 18 b, 40
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  • Swá seó hefige byrþen siteþ on þǽm deádan líchoman þǽre byrgenne, and hié se stán and seó eorþe þrycce,

    • Bl. H. 75, 9
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  • Þú eart eorþe, and þú scealt eft tó eorðan weorðan,

    • 123, 9
      • .

  • Se eorðan dǽl

    the body,

    • Gú. 1340
      • .

  • Wyrcað weófod of eorðan,

    • Ex. 20, 24
      • .

  • Loccas mínes heáfdes mid þisse eorðan synd gemengde,

    • Bl. H. 243, 35
      • .
one of the four elements
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  • Ðeáh þú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle þú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld; and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án þǽra is eorþe, oþer wæter, þridde lyft, feówrþe fýr,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 128, 9
      • .

  • Feówer gesceafta synd þe ealle eorðlice líchaman on wuniað, ꝥ synd

    aer, ignis, terra, aqua . . . Terra

    is eorðe,

    • Lch. iii. 272, 16.
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v. þeód-eorþe.
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v.  eorþ-lic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eorþe.” 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/44154.

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