feeld

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English feld.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feeld (plural feeldes)

  1. A plain (flat, open country):
    1. A field (such land used for agriculture)
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
        An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.
        Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
    2. Wild or uncultivated land.
    3. A battlefield or battleground.
  2. The countryside; unbuilt land.
  3. The Earth's ground or surface.
  4. An army ready for battle.
  5. (heraldry) A field (background of a shield).
  6. (figurative, rare) A field (realm of operation).
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Descendants

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  • English: field
  • Scots: feld, feild

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