worstede

Middle English

Alternative forms

werstede, wirsted, worchestede, worestede, worsested, worsted, wurstede, wurthstede
woorstead, woosted, worestede, worstet, wosted, wursted (Late Middle English)

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.

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