yirth

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots ȝerd, ȝeird, variant of erd, erde, from Early Scots erd, erde, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Noun

yirth

  1. earth
    • 2016 March 2, Janet Paisley, “Humour's no juist fur fun... It's a wey tae fecht”, in The National‎[1]:
      But there’s nae gettin awa fae the haurd times oor yirth, an oor country, are gaun through the noo. Fowk are stervin in the UK, queuin fur haundoots o breid they hinnae siller tae buy.
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