anvelt
Middle English
Alternative forms
- andefeld, anefeld, anevelte, anfeeld, anfelde, anvyll, anvyld, anvylt, unfelde
Etymology
Inherited from Old English anfealt, anfilte, from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt, *anafaltī; some forms are apparently modified on the analogy of other words, such as feeld (“field”) or felde, past of fellen (“to fell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanfɛlt(ə)/, /ˈanvɛlt(ə)/, /-ilt(ə)/, /-ɛl(d)/, /-eːl(d)/, /-il(d)/
Noun
anvelt
- anvil (iron block for shaping metal)
- Synonyms: stith, stithy
Descendants
- English: anvil
References
- “anvelt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.