earthlandn.

Brit.

/ˈəːθlənd/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌlænd/

Forms:

α. Old English eyrðlond (rare), early Middle English yrþlande, early Middle English yrðlande, Middle English wirðland (in copy of Old English charter).

β. Old English earþland.

γ. Old English ærðelond (Kentish), Old English eorðes landes (genitive), Old English eorðland (rare), late Old English erðland, Middle English gerðelande (in copy of Old English charter), 1800s– earthland.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.², land n.¹

Etymology: < earth n.² + land n.¹ Compare (in more specific sense) ploughland n.The Old English (Kentish) form ærðelond apparently shows an inverted spelling for expected initial e (the non-West Saxon i-mutation of ea ); see further A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §289. The Old English form eorðland shows the influence of earth n.¹; in the unusual genitive form eorðes landes with inflection of both elements (the first element being declined as a strong masculine; compare note at earth n.¹). Compare forms and discussion at earth n.²

Now historical.

Arable land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land

earthlandeOE

falloweOE

acreOE

hide and gaine1347

furrowc1380

teamlanda1387

tilthc1460

arablec1475

tilling land1488

flat1513

plough-tilth1516

ploughland1530

tillage1543

plough-ground1551

teamware1567

ploughing ground1625

ploughing land1674

prairie-breaking1845

plough1859

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 61 Arua, yrþland.

OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 362 Se bisceop..abæd þa æt Gode þæt he worhte þæne wæterscipe to wynsumum eorðlande [OE Trin. Cambr. B.15.34 yrþlande, c1175 Bodl. 343 yrðlande; L. campus aratri patiens ac frugum ferax].

lOE Bounds (Sawyer 276) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 548 Þonon wæst for þonæ seal stub oððæt yrdland syð bæ þæ landæ on ðes willæs heafoð.

c1250 ( Bounds (Sawyer 492) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 522 Þonne be þæs hlinces niþer ecge oþ þæt hit cymþ to þæm yrþlande.

1885 Archaeol. Jrnl. 42 271 That slight deposit of mud from the river which is at present imperceptibly converting them from earthland into marsh.

1992 E. Kerridge Common Fields Eng. ii. 23 Both the standing customs and the charters making grants of land for long terms habitually distinguish between earthland (tillage), meadow, pasture, and woodland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earthland
释义	earthlandn. Brit. /ˈəːθlənd/, U.S. /ˈərθˌlænd/ Forms: α. Old English eyrðlond (rare), early Middle English yrþlande, early Middle English yrðlande, Middle English wirðland (in copy of Old English charter). β. Old English earþland. γ. Old English ærðelond (Kentish), Old English eorðes landes (genitive), Old English eorðland (rare), late Old English erðland, Middle English gerðelande (in copy of Old English charter), 1800s– earthland. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.², land n.¹ Etymology: < earth n.² + land n.¹ Compare (in more specific sense) ploughland n.The Old English (Kentish) form ærðelond apparently shows an inverted spelling for expected initial e (the non-West Saxon i-mutation of ea ); see further A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §289. The Old English form eorðland shows the influence of earth n.¹; in the unusual genitive form eorðes landes with inflection of both elements (the first element being declined as a strong masculine; compare note at earth n.¹). Compare forms and discussion at earth n.² Now historical. Arable land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land earthlandeOE falloweOE acreOE hide and gaine1347 furrowc1380 teamlanda1387 tilthc1460 arablec1475 tilling land1488 flat1513 plough-tilth1516 ploughland1530 tillage1543 plough-ground1551 teamware1567 ploughing ground1625 ploughing land1674 prairie-breaking1845 plough1859 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 61 Arua, yrþland. OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 362 Se bisceop..abæd þa æt Gode þæt he worhte þæne wæterscipe to wynsumum eorðlande [OE Trin. Cambr. B.15.34 yrþlande, c1175 Bodl. 343 yrðlande; L. campus aratri patiens ac frugum ferax]. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 276) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 548 Þonon wæst for þonæ seal stub oððæt yrdland syð bæ þæ landæ on ðes willæs heafoð. c1250 ( Bounds (Sawyer 492) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 522 Þonne be þæs hlinces niþer ecge oþ þæt hit cymþ to þæm yrþlande. 1885 Archaeol. Jrnl. 42 271 That slight deposit of mud from the river which is at present imperceptibly converting them from earthland into marsh. 1992 E. Kerridge Common Fields Eng. ii. 23 Both the standing customs and the charters making grants of land for long terms habitually distinguish between earthland (tillage), meadow, pasture, and woodland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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