单词 | yirdfast |
释义 | > as lemmasyirdfast yirdfast adj. = earthfast adj. (cf. Old Norse jarðfastr). See also yird-hunger n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > in the ground or a surface earthfastOE well-planted?1531 pitched1549 pight1584 yirdfasta1783 planted1806 a1783 Burd Ellen xi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. 88/1 A yeard-fast stane. 1785 Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. 6 Whare now thy groans in dowy dens The yerd-fast stanes do thirle. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Yird-fasts, large stones sticking in the yird, or earth, that the plough cannot move. < as lemmas |
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