"butere" meaning in Old English

See butere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbu.te.re/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *buterā. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*tewh₂-}}, {{dercat|ang|la|grc}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*buterā}} Proto-West Germanic *buterā Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} butere f, {{ang-noun|f}} butere f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|buter}}, {{ang-decl-noun|butere|buteran|buteran|buteran|buteran|buterena|buteran|buterum|num=|title=|type=weak feminine (n-stem)}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], butere [nominative, singular], buteran [nominative, plural], buteran [accusative, singular], buteran [accusative, plural], buteran [genitive, singular], buterena [genitive, plural], buteran [dative, singular], buterum [dative, plural]
  1. butter Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
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          },
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      "text": "Middle English: buter, buttyr, butter, botyr, buttir, butre, buttur, buttur, boter, buttre, butera, butere (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: butter (see there for further descendants)\nScots: butter, buter\nYola: buthther, buththere"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "g3": "",
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          "english": "Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.",
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "Old English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Old English terms derived from Latin",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.",
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