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† ˈearth-din Obs.
For forms see earth n.1, din; in 4 Sc. erdine, erdinge.
An earthquake.
a1079O.E. Chron. an. 1060 On þisan ᵹere wæs micel eorð⁓dyne. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1108 Oc siðen loth wente ut of hine, brende it ðhunder, sanc it erðe-dine. a1300Cursor M. 20499 An erth-din þar com þat scok All thinges. c1375Barbour Troy-bk. i. 455 Scho walde horribile erdinge ger be, Ande hydwisly wp raise the see. c1375― St. Margarete 590 Sone wes herde a fellone bere Of thonir and of erdine. c1440Promp. Parv. 141 Erthe qwake, or erþe dene [K. erdyn, or erde qwave, P. erthdyn]. 1483Cath. Angl. 117 An Erthe dyne, or an Erthe qvake. |