"buter" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbutər(ə)/
Etymology: From Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|butere}} Old English butere, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*buterā}} Proto-West Germanic *buterā, {{der|enm|la|būtȳrum}} Latin būtȳrum, {{der|enm|grc|βούτῡρον}} Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} buter, {{enm-noun|-}} buter (uncountable) Forms: buttyr [alternative], butter [alternative], botyr [alternative], buttir [alternative], butre [alternative], buttur [alternative], buttur [alternative], boter [alternative], buttre [alternative], butera [alternative, Early-Middle-English], butere [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. butter (spread made of churned cream) Tags: uncountable Related terms: boterflye

Alternative forms

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      "word": "butter"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buttyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "botyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "butera",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
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    },
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        "1": "-"
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          "name": "Dairy products",
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              47,
              53
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          ],
          "english": "Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.",
          "ref": "p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:",
          "text": "þa ƿaſ coꝛn dære: ⁊ flec ⁊ cæſe ⁊ butere. foꝛ nan ƿæſ o þe land. Ƿreccemen ſturuen of hungær.",
          "translation": "Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.",
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        }
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    }
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "botyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "boter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butera",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    },
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "boterflye"
    }
  ],
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        "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
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          "english": "Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.",
          "ref": "p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:",
          "text": "þa ƿaſ coꝛn dære: ⁊ flec ⁊ cæſe ⁊ butere. foꝛ nan ƿæſ o þe land. Ƿreccemen ſturuen of hungær.",
          "translation": "Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbutər(ə)/"
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