Erd \Erd\, n. [OE. erd, eard, earth, land, country, AS. eard; akin to OS. ard dwelling place, OHG. art plowing, tillage, Icel. ["o]r[eth] crop, and to L. arare to plow, E. ear to plow.]

The earth. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright.

Erd shrew (Zo["o]l.), the common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)