sb. pl. Obs. [OE. eorþware, f. eorþe, EARTH sb.1 + -ware, as in heofonware heaven-dwellers, burhware, etc.] Earth-dwellers.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., III. v. § 5. Crist … sibb is heofonwara and eorðwara.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 139. Sunne dei blisseð to-gederes houeneware and horðe ware.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 322. Al þe wide worlde—eorðe ware and heouene ware.
