feldefare
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English feldefare; equivalent to feeld + fare. The form with /ɛ/ is the regular product of trisyllabic shortening, while that with /eː/ is due to the analogy of the simplex feeld.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfeldefare (plural feldifares)
- The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris).[2]
Descendants
edit- English: fieldfare (dialectal feltyfare)
- Scots: feltiflyer (reinterpreted)
References
edit- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 9, page 479.
- ^ “fẹ̄ld(e-fāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-16.