iorth

See also: iorþ

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth”).

Noun

iorth f

1. earth
   • 13th century, Henrik Harpestreng, Liber Herbarum, 2:42.

     […] waxær hun giærnæ nithær i yorth.

     […] it will grow down in the earth.

2. land
   • 1241, Codex Holmiensis, 1:36:

     Sæl bondæ sinæ egnæ iorth.

     If a farmer sells his lands.

Descendants

• Danish: jord