feeld

Middle English

Alternative forms

• feelde, feld, felde, field, veld

Etymology

From Old English feld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːld/

Noun

feeld (plural feeldes)

1. A plain (flat, open country):
   1. A field (such land used for agriculture)
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

        An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.

        Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

   2. Wild or uncultivated land.
   3. A battlefield or battleground.
2. The countryside; unbuilt land.
3. The Earth's ground or surface.
4. An army ready for battle.
5. (heraldry) A field (background of a shield).
6. (figurative, rare) A field (realm of operation).

Related terms

• feldefare
• feeldi

Descendants

• English: field
• Scots: feld, feild

References

• “fẹ̄ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.