erd

Middle English

/ɛrd/

noun
Definitions
  • Native land, homeland, home

Etymology

Inherited from Old English eard (country, dwelling, region, estate, home, cultivated ground, land, province, jomeland, native place, native soil, native land, earth, dwelling place, kind, place of residence, nature, dwelling-place, native country) inherited from Proto-Germanic *arþiz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*arþiz

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