but, butt, butte, and bute - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

but(t(e n.(3)

Forms	but(t(e n.(3)
Etymology	ML butta

(a) A small strip of land; (b) element in place names, esp., field names.

(1182) Doc.in Kennett Par.Antiq.(1818) [OD col.]1.188 : Viginti acras..in Heilefurlung et buttes apud Ymbeblowesmer.
(?a1260) *Cart.Alvingham [OD col.]lf.148 : Dedisse..tres buttes terre arabilis.
(1304) Doc.Manor in MP 3456 : De uno vetere curtilagio cum iiijor buttes terre jacentibus.
(1399) Doc.in Kennett Par.Antiq.(1818) [OD col.]2.193 : Aliquando quatuor Buttes..aliquando v..et aliquando viii faciunt unam acram..secundam quantitatem earundem.
c1460 Oseney Reg.68/23 : I..haue i-yeve..ij sellions or buttes of lond to a wey to be made.
c1460 Oseney Reg.82/2 : For A But a Butte of londe..by þe which þe seide Shepehowse whas i-sett, þey ȝafe to hym..dj acre.
a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)56/6-7 : William Caldecote..hathe yoven..a butte of arable lond liyng in Litell Chaleueye and also a butte of mede liynge in Shorte shuddaye.
a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)368/21 : The tythes of the shevys of half a but of lond (the which is the forere of larkehull in the southe parte).
a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)377/12 : And x buttis of arable lond..beside the buttis that were somtyme of Symon Semere.
a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)737/20 : Hic selio: a butt.