eorþscræf

• eorðsċræf

From eorþe (“earth”) +‎ sċræf (“cave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜orθˌʃræf/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌʃræf]

eorþsċræf n

1. earthen cave
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eorþsċræf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.