boterflye

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === butreflye, buttyrfle, butter-flyeȝ, buterflie, butturflye, buttirflye, botreflee, boterfleȝe, buterfliȝe, butterflie, botirflij, botirflye, butterfflye, buttyrflye === Etymology === From Old English buttorflēoge, buterflēoge; equivalent to buter +‎ flye. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbutərˌfliː(ə)/, /ˈbutərˌflei̯(ə)/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈbutərˌflei̯/ (earlier), /ˈbutərˌfleː/ (later) === Noun === boterflye (plural boterflyes or boterflien) butterfly (insect of the order Lepidoptera) (rare) Something of little import or value. (rare) A chameleon. ==== Descendants ==== English: butterfly Scots: butterflee ==== References ==== “buter-flīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 September 2018.