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Old English · noun

eard

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong u-stem/a-stem
IPA
/æ͜ɑrd/
[æ͜ɑrˠd]
Syllables
æ͜ɑrd (1 syllable)
Modern English
homelandstationhomeone'ssoil

Meaning

  1. homeland, native soil; one's home, a dwelling

    Ðis is mīn āgen ēþel, eard, and land

    This is my own country, home and land.

  2. earth, land

  3. state; station; condition; fate

Declension

Declension of eard
SingularPlural
Nominative eardeardaeardas
Accusative eardeardaeardas
Genitive eardaeardesearda
Dative eardaeardeeardum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz, *arduz, *arþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Cognate with Old Saxon ard, Old High German art (German Art). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin arō, Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old East Slavic орати (orati), Russian ора́ть (orátʹ).

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