boterflye

Middle English

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.

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