- eorðgebyrst
- n (-es/-) landslip, a chasm in the ground
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
eorðgebyrst
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landslide — (n.) 1856, Amer.Eng., from LAND (Cf. land) (n.) + SLIDE (Cf. slide) (n.). Earlier was LANDSLIP (Cf. landslip), still preferred in Britain. Old English used eorðgebyrst in this sense; lit. earth burst. In the political sense, landslide lopsided… … Etymology dictionary
