eorþhus

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. Equivalent to eorþe (“earth”) +‎ hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old Norse jarðhús (“underground room or passage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜orθˌxuːs/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌhuːs]

Noun

eorþhūs n

1. den, cave

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	eorþhūs	eorþhūs
accusative	eorþhūs	eorþhūs
genitive	eorþhūses	eorþhūsa
dative	eorþhūse	eorþhūsum

Descendants

• Middle English: erthe-hous

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþhūs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.