† ˈearth-tilth Obs.
[f. earth n.1 + tilth.]
Cultivation of the soil, agriculture. Hence † earth-tilther = earth-tiller.
| c 1000 ælfric Colloq. in Wr.-Wülcker 99 Eorþtilþ, agricultura. 1388 Wyclif Ecclus. vii. 16 Haate thou not trauelouse werkis, and erthetilthe maad of the hiȝeste. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxx. (1495) 720 Erthe tylthers and kepers of vynes. |