eorþtyrewa

From eorþe (“earth”) +‎ tirwa (“tar, resin”), related to teoru (“tar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜orθˌty.re.wɑ/, [ˈe͜orˠθˌty.re.wɑ]

eorþtyrewa m

1. asphalt
   • c. 900, Old English Orosius

     se weall is ġeworht of tiġelan and eorþtyrewan

     the wall is built with bricks and asphalt

Weak:

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