eorp

Old English

Alternative forms

• earp

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜orp/, [e͜orˠp]

Adjective

eorp

1. dark, dusky
2. brown, swarthy

Declension

Declension of eorp — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eorp	eorp	eorp
Accusative	eorpne	eorpe	eorp
Genitive	eorpes	eorpre	eorpes
Dative	eorpum	eorpre	eorpum
Instrumental	eorpe	eorpre	eorpe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eorpe	eorpa, eorpe	eorp
Accusative	eorpe	eorpa, eorpe	eorp
Genitive	eorpra	eorpra	eorpra
Dative	eorpum	eorpum	eorpum
Instrumental	eorpum	eorpum	eorpum

Declension of eorp — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eorpa	eorpe	eorpe
Accusative	eorpan	eorpan	eorpe
Genitive	eorpan	eorpan	eorpan
Dative	eorpan	eorpan	eorpan
Instrumental	eorpan	eorpan	eorpan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eorpan	eorpan	eorpan
Accusative	eorpan	eorpan	eorpan
Genitive	eorpra, eorpena	eorpra, eorpena	eorpra, eorpena
Dative	eorpum	eorpum	eorpum
Instrumental	eorpum	eorpum	eorpum

Derived terms

• eorpifiġ

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “eorp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.