Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ.ferˌblæː.te/, [ˈhæ.verˌblæː.te]

Noun

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hæferblǣte m

  1. a snipe, bittern

Descendants

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  • English: hammerbleat

References

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Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hæferblæte”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.