eldertongue

Old English · noun

wilde fyr

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/ˈwil.de fyːr/
[ˈwiɫ.de fyːr]
Syllables
ˈwil · de · fyːr (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. wildfire

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wilþī fuir. Cognate with Old Frisian *wilde fiur (West Frisian wyldfjoer), Old High German *wildi fiur (Middle High German wilde fiur).

Descendants

wildfire

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