erldom

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eerldom, eorldom, erldam, erldome, erledom, erledome, irldom

Etymology

From Old English eorldōm; equivalent to erl +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrldoːm/, /ˈeːrldoːm/
• (with vowel reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrldum/, /ˈɛrldɔm/, /ˈɛrldam/

Noun

erldom (plural erldoms)

1. A county or earldom; a region supervised or ruled by an earl.
2. The position of being an earl; earlship.
3. (rare) One of the traditional English counties.

Descendants

• English: earldom
• Scots: erldom

References

• “ē̆rldọ̄̆m, -dam, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 December 2018.