Ross van der Harst | Anglo-Saxon Earthy Words


Anglo-Saxon Earthy Words

eorþ-æppel:   An earth-apple, a cucumber
eorþ-berie:   A strawberry
eorþ-cafer:   A earth-beetle
eorþ-crypel:  A creeper on the earth, one having the palsy, a paralytic person
eorþ-græf:    A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well
eorþ-gráp:    Earth’s grasp, the hold of the grave
eorþ-hús:     An earth-house, den, cave
eorþ-ling:    A farmer
eorþ-mata:    An earth-worm
eorþ-mistel:  The plant basil
eorþ-rest:    A resting or lying on the ground
eorþ-tilia:   An earth-tiller, husbandman
eorþ-tilþ:    Earth-tillage
eorþ-weg:     An earth-way
eorþ-wéla:    Earth-wealth, fertility
middan-eard:  The middle dwelling, the abode of men, the earth
mistel-tán1:  Mistletoe


  1. The Anglo-Saxon tán also means twig and toe↩︎