pirige

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Old English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea, though such a form is unknown in the Romance languages.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piriġe f

  1. the pear tree[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Perry”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 1.
  2. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “PIRIĠE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.