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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Erdine, Erding, n. Also: erdyn(g, eirdine. [Var. of Erd-dyn.] An earthquake.a1400 Leg. S. xxviii. 589.
Sone wes herde a fellon bere Of thonir and of erdine Ib. 608.
Al the folk … That herd that erdine & that stewyn c1400 Troy-bk. i. 455.
Scho wald horrible erding ger be c1420 Wynt. v. 4403 (W).
A gret erdyn and felloune Smat baith houses and touris doune 1533 Boece xiii. vii. 512.
Terremote and erding lestit daly fra the feist of Epiphanie to the kalendis of Februare
