eorþhus
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. Equivalent to eorþe (“earth”) + hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old Norse jarðhús (“underground room or passage”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eorþhūs n
Declension[edit]
Declension of eorþhus (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: erthe-hous
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþhūs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.