worstede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- werstede, wirsted, worchestede, worestede, worsested, worsted, wurstede, wurthstede
- (late ME) woorstead, woosted, worestede, worstet, wosted, wursted
Etymology
From Worstede, a town in Norfolk; equivalent to Old English worϸ (“enclosure”) + stede (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwu(r)stɛd(ə)/
Noun
worstede (plural worstedes)
- worsted (kind of cloth)
- A piece of worsted.
Descendants
- English: worsted
- Scots: worset
References
- “worsted, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.