strawbery
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- (Early ME) streowberie, streawberge, stræberie, streaberie, strauberi
- strobery, strebere, streberi, strebery, strawebery, strabery
Etymology
editFrom Old English strēawberġe; equivalent to straw + berye.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstrawbery (plural strawberyes or streberyen)
- A strawberry (fruit from plant of the genus Fragaria).
- A strawberry (plant of the genus Fragaria).
Descendants
edit- English: strawberry
- Scots: strabery, strayberrie
References
edit- “strau-berī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.