Old English · noun

butt

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /butt/
[but]
Syllables: butt (1 syllable)
Modern English: parcel tree trunk object base butt thick end stump

Meaning

the end of an object, especially when thick; base
tree trunk, stump
a strip or parcel of land
a boundary

Declension

Declension of butt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	butt	buttas
Accusative	butt	buttas
Genitive	buttes	butta
Dative	butte	buttum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, push”). Cognate with Old Norse bútr (“a cut-off block”).

Descendants

butt

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