† erdev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. intransitive. To dwell, live.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]
wonc725
erdec893
siteOE
liveeOE
to make one's woningc960
through-wonOE
bigc1175
walkc1225
inwonea1300
lenda1300
lenga1300
lingera1300
erthec1300
stallc1315
lasta1325
lodge1362
habit?a1366
breeda1375
inhabitc1374
indwella1382
to have one's mansionc1385
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
keepc1400
repairc1400
to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
winc1425
to make (one's) residence1433
resort1453
abidec1475
use1488
remaina1500
demur1523
to keep one's house1523
occupy1523
reside1523
enerdc1540
kennel1552
bower1596
to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597
subsist1618
mansiona1638
tenant1650
fastena1657
hospitate1681
wont1692
stay1754
to hang out1811
home1832
habitate1866
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. 18 On þæm morum eardiað Finnas.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 23 And he com þa and eardode on þære ceastre ðe is genemned nazareth.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 89 Trowfeste men of elchere þeode þet under heofene erdeden.
c1230 Hali Meid. 43 Ha ne muhen nawt somen earden in heuene.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxi. 4 [xxii. 3] Þou soth-lik in haligh wel Erdest, loof of Israel.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4233 To the yle þere Appolyn erdis with in.
?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 421 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 248 His auncetors of long [emended in ed. to old] time have yerded their longe.
b. To be or to be found; to exist in a certain place, or in a certain condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)]
siteOE
won971
beOE
standOE
liec1374
rest1429
steadc1500
erdec1540
run1635
welter1847
stop1976
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 923 Þis stone..Is erdand in Judé.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7128 Folk..entryd full Esely, erdyng in sorow.
2. transitive. To inhabit.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)]
wonOE
erdeOE
inwonea1300
inhabitc1374
indwell1382
occupya1387
biga1400
endwellc1420
possessc1450
purprise1481
people1490
dwell1520
accompany?c1525
replenishc1540
populate1578
habit1580
inhabitate1600
tenant1635
improvec1650
manure1698
OE Beowulf 2589 Se mæra maga Ecgðeowes..sceolde..wic eardian elles hwergen.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxiv. [xv.] 13 His sede erde þe land sal swa.
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