erd

See also: Erd, ERD, and -erd

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɛɾd/

Etymology 1

A variant of earth.

Noun

erd

1. (dialect, rare) Alternative form of earth.

Derived terms

• erd shrew

Related terms

• erdvark

Etymology 2

A clipping of erd shrew.

Noun

erd

1. (zoology) The common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse or erd shrew.

Anagrams

• -red, DRE, Der, Der., EDR, RDE, RED, Red, der, red

Anagrams

• -red, DRE, Der, Der., EDR, RDE, RED, Red, der, red

Middle English

Alternative forms

• erde, herde
• hurde (Worcestershire)
• ard, ærd, eard (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English eard (“country, home, nature”), from Proto-West Germanic *ardi, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz; some senses are due to conflation with erthe (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̝ːrd/

Noun

erd (uncountable) (especially Early Middle English or Northern)

1. One's homeland or native residence.
   • The Owl and the Nightingale:

     Ich fare hom to min Erde.

   • Cleanness:

     ... ever hade ben an erde of erþe þe swettest.

   • Wars of Alexander:

     Excludit out of his erd.

2. A country, province, or region.
3. The planet Earth, especially as humanity's home.
4. The ground or its soil.
5. (rare) Any dwelling or home.
6. (rare) Character, disposition.

Related terms

• middelerd
• middenerd

References

• “ē̆rd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ē̆rd, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Noun

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1. Earth (planet)
2. ground, earth

Further reading

• Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “erd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 177b