sb. Obs. Also 1 earding. [f. ERDE v. + -ING1.] Abode, dwelling. Also in comb. erding-stow, dwelling-place.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. cvi. 3 [cvii. 4]. (Gr.). Ne meahton ceastre weʓ cuðne mittan, þe hi eardunge on ʓenaman.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xvii. 4. Drihten … ʓyf þu wylt, uton wyrcean her þreo eardung-stowa.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 159. Ure louerd iesu crist giue hem … echeliche erding and blisse on heuene.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 28. On old stoc … was thare ule earding-stowe.
