Old English · noun
butere
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbu.te.re/
- Syllables
- ˈbu · te · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- butter
Meaning
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butter
An. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.
Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *buterā.
Descendants
butter
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