- buterfléoge
- f (-an/-an) butterfly (1)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
buttorfléoge — see buterfléoge … Old to modern English dictionary
butterfly — but|ter|fly [ˈbʌtəflaı US ər ] n plural butterflies ↑antenna, ↑wing [: Old English; Origin: buterfleoge, from butere ( BUTTER1) + fleoge fly ; perhaps because many types of butterfly are yellow, or because people believed that butterflies steal… … Dictionary of contemporary English