Eorne, v. to run; to flow, XIII a 23, 37, 54, 62; Yarn, pa. t. sg. ran, III 43; Ourn, pl. II 85; Vrn, II 89. [OE. éornan; pa. t. éarn, úrnon.] See Ryn.
Eorþe. See Erth(e).
Erbeȝ, Herbes, n. pl. (green) plants, V 122, XII a 82. [OFr. (h)erbe.]
Erde, n. dwelling-place, own land, VIII a 194; in tag in erde (on earth, among men), V 348, it is perh. a form of Erth(e). [OE. éard. The frequent ME. (Northern) form erd(e), earth, may, in part, be due to this; but cf. Dede n.1]
Er(e), Eir (X), adv. before, V 209, XII b 113; ere now, XVII 328; formerly, VI 12; earlier (with befor) X 140; conj. before (usually with subj.), II 190, 256, V 152, 204, 223, XII a 104, b 19; prep. before (in time), VIII a 140. [OE. ǣr.] See Ar, Are, Or.
Er(e), pres. ind. pl. are, I introd., IV a 60, b 8, 53, 54, XIV a 6, 7, 12, 18, b 85, &c. [ON. eru.] See Ar(e), Es, &c.
Ere, n. ear, II 528, VIII a 263, XII a 104, b 32; Eris, pl. XI b 159. [OE. ēare.]
Erie, Erye, v. to plough, VIII a 4, 5, 67, 100, 110. [OE. erian.]
Erles, Erls, n. pl. earls, II 202, 503, VII 84. [OE. éorl, infl. in sense by cognate ON. jarl.]
Erliche, adv. early, VIII b 15; Erly, VI 146; e. and late, at all times, VI 32. [OE. ǣr-līce.] See Er(e), Ar.