feldefare

Middle English
feldefare

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English feldefare; equivalent to feeld +‎ fare. The form with /ɛ/ is the regular product of trisyllabic shortening, while that with /eː/ is due to the analogy of the simplex feeld.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːld(ə)ˌfaːr(ə)/, /ˈfɛld(ə)ˌfaːr(ə)/[1]

Noun

feldefare (plural feldifares)

  1. The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris).[2]

Descendants
  • English: fieldfare (dialectal feltyfare)
  • Scots: feltiflyer (reinterpreted)

References
  1. Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 9, page 479.
  2. “fẹ̄ld(e-fāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-16.
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