Obs. For forms see EARTH sb.1, DIN; in 4 Sc. erdine, erdinge. An earthquake.

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a. 1079.  O. E. Chron., an. 1060. On þisan ʓere wæs micel eorð-dyne.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 1108. Oc siðen loth wente ut of hine, brende it ðhunder, sanc it erðe-dine.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 20499. An erth-din þar com þat scok All thinges.

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c. 1375.  Barbour, Troy-bk., I. 455. Scho walde horribile erdinge ger be, Ande hydwisly wp raise the see. Ibid. (c. 1375), St. Margarete, 590. Sone wes herde a fellone bere Of thonir and of erdine.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 141. Erthe qwake, or erþe dene [K. erdyn, or erde qwave, P. erthdyn].

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 117. An Erthe dyne, or an Erthe qvake.

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