An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Erast, superl. Soonest.
Wyntown.

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, s.
1. The earth, S. pron. yird.
Wyntown.
2. Ground, soil, S.

A. S. eard, Isl. jaurd, id., from Isl. aer-a, er-ia, to plough.

To Erd, Yerd, v. a.
1. To inter a dead body, S. B.
Barbour.
2. Denoting a less solemn interment.
Barbour.
3. To cover with the soil, for concealment, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Su. G. iord-as, sepeliri; Isl. iard-a.

Erd houses, Habitations formed under ground.

Isl. jard-hus, domus subterranea.

Erddyn, Yirden, s.
1. An earthquake.
Wyntown.

A. S. eorth-dyn, terrae motus.

2. Thunder, S. B.