eardstapa

From eard (“earth”) +‎ stapa (“stepper”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑrdˌstɑ.pɑ/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌstɑ.pɑ]

eardstapa m

1. (poetic) land-stepper, wanderer
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Swā cwæð eardstapa, ·  earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
     wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:

     So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
     of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eardstapa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.