pirige

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea, though such a form is unknown in the Romance languages.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ri.je/

Noun

piriġe f

  1. the pear tree[2]

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative piriġe piriġa, piriġe
accusative piriġe piriġa, piriġe
genitive piriġe piriġa
dative piriġe piriġum

Descendants

  • Middle English: pirie, pery, perye, pire, pirry, piry, pirye, purye, pyrie, pyry

References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Perry”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 1.
  2. ^ Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “PIRIĠE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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