butere

Middle English

Noun

butere

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of buter

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *buterā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.te.re/

Noun

butere f

  1. butter
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      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.

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative butere buteran
accusative buteran buteran
genitive buteran buterena
dative buteran buterum

Descendants

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