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butere

  • noun [ feminine ]
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butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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  • Butere

    butyrum,

      Wrt. Voc. 82, 27.
  • Dó ðonne mele fulne buteran

    add then a basin full of butter,

      L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 17, 19, 22.
  • On ðære buteran

    in the butter,

    l,
      36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1.
  • On gódre buteran in good butter, 3, 32; Lchdm. ii. 326, 18: 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 14: Ahlyttre ða buteran

    purify the butter,

      3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 28: Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 27.
Etymology
[Wyc. botere: Plat. botter, f: Frs. buter: O. Frs. butera, botera: Dut. bóter, f: Ger. butter, f: M. H. Ger. buter: O. H. Ger. butere, f: Fr. beurre, m: It. butirro, burro, m: Lat. butyrum: Grk. βούτυρον .]
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