anvelt

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === andefeld, anefeld, anevelte, anfeeld, anfelde, anvyll, anvyld, anvylt, unfelde === Etymology === Inherited from Old English anfilt, from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt, *anafaltī; some forms are apparently modified on the analogy of other words, such as feeld (“field”) or felde, past of fellen (“to fell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanfɛlt(ə)/, /ˈanvɛlt(ə)/, /-ilt(ə)/, /-ɛl(d)/, /-eːl(d)/, /-il(d)/ === Noun === anvelt anvil (iron block for shaping metal) Synonyms: stith, stithy ==== Descendants ==== Early Modern English: anuelde, anuylde, anuyld English: anvil ==== References ==== “anvelt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.