boterflye
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- butreflye, buttyrfle, butter-flyeȝ, buterflie, butturflye, buttirflye, botreflee, boterfleȝe, buterfliȝe, butterflie, botirflij, botirflye, butterfflye, buttyrflye
Etymology[edit]
From Old English butorflēoge, buttorflēoge, buterflēoge; equivalent to buter + flye.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boterflye (plural boterflyes or boterflien)
- butterfly (insect of the order Lepidoptera)
- (rare) Something of little import or value.
- (rare) A chameleon.
Descendants[edit]
- English: butterfly
- Scots: butterflee
References[edit]
- “buter-flīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.