erldom

Middle English

Alternative forms

eerldom, eorldom, erldam, erldome, erledom, erledome, irldom

Etymology

From Old English eorldōm; equivalent to erl +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛrldoːm/, /ˈɛːrldoːm/
(with vowel reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrldum/, /ˈɛrldɔm/, /ˈɛrldam/

Noun

erldom (plural erldoms)

A county or earldom; a region supervised or ruled by an earl.
The position of being an earl; earlship.
(rare) One of the traditional English counties.

Descendants

English: earldom
Scots: erldom

References

“ē̆rldọ̄̆m, -dam, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-30.

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