An archaic form meaning 'made of earth' or 'earthen,' referring to pottery or clay vessels.
Archaic variant of 'earthen,' derived from Old English 'eorthæn.' The '-en' suffix indicates material composition in older English.
Medieval texts used 'erthen pots' to describe pottery because it literally meant 'made of earth'—a perfectly logical descriptor that medieval people understood immediately but sounds quaint to us now.
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