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erd

I. erd, n. Obs.
    Forms: 1–2 eard, 2–4 erd(e, 3 ærd, ard, eærd, 3–4 herd, 4 ertd.
    [OE. eard masc. is cogn. w. OS. ard masc. ‘dwelling’, OHG. art fem. ‘ploughing’, ON. örð fem. ‘harvest’:—OTeut. *ardu-z, ardâ, prob. f. WAryan root *ar to plough. For the sense cf. OE. b{uacu}an to cultivate, inhabit.]
    1. The land where one dwells; native land, home; a region, country.

Beowulf 2654 (Gr.) We rondas beren eft to earde. c 1000 Ags. Ps. ciii. 11 [civ. 12] (Gr.) Ofer þan heofonfuᵹelas healdað eardas. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Eower burh heo forbernað..and eard heo amerrað. c 1205 Lay. 29175 Inne France wes his ærd. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 210 Paradis, An erd al ful of swete blis. a 1300 Cursor M. 12382 (Cott.) Til þai had geten þair herd a-gain. c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1808, I am here [on] an erande in erdez vncouþe.

    2. In OE.: ? State, condition. Hence (in ME.), disposition, temper.
    With the ME. use cf. MHG. art masc., fem., mod.G. art fem. ‘manner, disposition’, which, however, Kluge regards as prob. of distinct etymology.

a 1000 Hymns vii. 97 (Gr.) Þar man us tyhhað on dæᵹ tweᵹen eardas. Drihtenes are oðð e deofles þeowet. c 1314 Guy Warw. (A.) 2988 Wiþ þat come forþ an amireld, A Sarrazin of wicked erd. c 1340 Cursor M. 11973 (Fairf.) Ihesus þat was meke of erde kepped noȝt to make his moder ferde.

    3. Comb. erd-folk, people of the land.

c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1880 God sente on ðat erdfolc swilc dred.

II. erd(e etc.,
    obs. forms of earth, etc.

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