advb. phr. Obs. [See AN- pref. 1 and EARTH.]
1. Of motion: To or into the earth.
1297. R. Glouc., 441. Our Loruerd anerþe com. Ibid., 311. Me greyþede þys gode kyng … An broȝte hym vayre anerþe.
c. 1305. St. Edm., 594, in E. E. P. (1862), 86. Þer he was ibroȝt an vrþe, and also ischryned is.
2. Of position: On or in the earth.
a. 1300. Leg. Rood (1871), 24. An vaire welle Of wan alle þe wateres þat beþ anerþe comeþ.
c. 1305. St. Kath., 99, in E. E. P. (1862), 92. God almiȝtie deþ an vrþe þolede.
