eorþtyrewa

Old English

FWOTD – 30 November 2023

Etymology

From eorþe (“earth”) +‎ tirwa (“tar, resin”), related to teoru (“tar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜orθˌty.re.wɑ/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌty.re.wɑ]

Noun

eorþtyrewa m

1. asphalt
   • c. 900, Old English Orosius

     se weall is ġeworht of tiġelan and eorþtyrewan

     the wall is built with bricks and asphalt

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	eorþtyrewa	—
accusative	eorþtyrewan	—
genitive	eorþtyrewan	—
dative	eorþtyrewan	—

Further reading

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