boterflye
Middle English
boterflye
Alternative forms
- butreflye, buttyrfle, butter-flyeȝ, buterflie, butturflye, buttirflye, botreflee, boterfleȝe, buterfliȝe, butterflie, botirflij, botirflye, butterfflye, buttyrflye
Etymology
From Old English butorflēoge, buttorflēoge, buterflēoge; equivalent to buter + flye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbutərfliː(ə)/, /ˈbutərflɛi̯(ə)/
Noun
boterflye (plural boterflyes or boterflien)
- butterfly (insect of the order Lepidoptera)
- (rare) Something of little import or value.
- (rare) A chameleon.
Descendants
- English: butterfly
- Scots: butterflee
References
- “buter-flīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.