feeld

• feld, field, felde, feelde, veld

From Old English feld, from Proto-Germanic *felþą.

• IPA^(key): /feːld/

feeld (plural feelds or feeldes)

1. A field (open and flat country or land)

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 13:31-32”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Another parable Jheſus puttide forth to hem, and ſeide, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a corn of ſeneuey, which a man took, and ſewe in his feeld. / Which is the leeste of alle ſeedis, but whanne it hath woxen, it is the moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; ſo that briddis of the eir comen, and dwellen in the bowis therof.

     Jesus put another parable in front of them; he said: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field. / It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows, it is the largest of all the plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

2. A field (enclosed area filled with grass, especially around a settlement)
3. The countryside; empty land that surrounds a settlement.
4. Wild land; land that has not been developed or worked.
5. The Earth's ground or surface; the visible layer of terrain across the Earth.
6. A location where combat or conflict takes place; a battlefield.
7. An army or regiment; a levy of fighting-men.
8. A heraldic field; the background of a shield.
9. (rare) The place where something takes place.

• feldefare
• feeldi

• English: field
• Scots: feld, feild

• “fẹ̄ld (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.