feeld

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === feelde, feld, felde, field, veld === Etymology === From Old English feld. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːld/ === Noun === feeld (plural feeldes) A plain (flat, open country): A field (such land used for agriculture) Wild or uncultivated land. A battlefield or battleground. The countryside; unbuilt land. The Earth's ground or surface. An army ready for battle. (heraldry) A field (background of a shield). (figurative, rare) A field (realm of operation). ==== Related terms ==== feldefare feeldi ==== Descendants ==== English: field Scots: fielth, felth, feilth, feld, feild ==== References ==== “fẹ̄ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 October 2018.