† ˈearth-din Obs.
For forms see earth n.1, din; in 4 Sc. erdine, erdinge.
An earthquake.
| a 1079 O.E. Chron. an. 1060 On þisan ᵹere wæs micel eorð⁓dyne. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1108 Oc siðen loth wente ut of hine, brende it ðhunder, sanc it erðe-dine. a 1300 Cursor M. 20499 An erth-din þar com þat scok All thinges. c 1375 Barbour Troy-bk. i. 455 Scho walde horribile erdinge ger be, Ande hydwisly wp raise the see. c 1375 ― St. Margarete 590 Sone wes herde a fellone bere Of thonir and of erdine. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 141 Erthe qwake, or erþe dene [K. erdyn, or erde qwave, P. erthdyn]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 117 An Erthe dyne, or an Erthe qvake. |