Middle English Dictionary Entry
buttrī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | buttrī adj. |
| Etymology | From buter(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Containing butter or butterfat; (b) resembling butter.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)319b/a : Kow mylk is..lasse scharp and more buttry.
b
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)75 : Take faire nessh chese that is buttry..grynde hit in a morter.