mavys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• maveys, mavyce, mawysse, mawys

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mauvis, possibly from a Medieval Latin *malvitius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˈviːs/, /ˈmaːvis/

Noun

mavys (plural mavys)

1. song thrush

Descendants

• English: mavis
• Scots: mavis

References

• “māvī̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.