different between fewter vs felter

English

Alternative forms

• feuter

Etymology

From Middle English feuter, fewtre, from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?t?/

Noun

fewter (plural fewters)

1. A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.

Verb

fewter (third-person singular simple present fewters, present participle fewtering, simple past and past participle fewtered)

1. (transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:

     His speare he feutred, and at him it bore, / But with no better fortune than the rest afore.

Middle English

Noun

fewter

1. Alternative form of feuter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?lt?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?lt?(?)

Verb

felter (third-person singular simple present felters, present participle feltering, simple past and past participle feltered)

1. To clot or mat together like felt.

   • His feltered locks that on his bosom fell.

Anagrams

• Feltre, Telfer, lefter, refelt, reflet, tréflé

Danish

Noun

felter n

1. indefinite plural of felt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• veltere

Etymology

From felten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?lt?r(?)/

Noun

felter (rare)

1. A person who uses felt to manufacture items.

References

• “felter(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-11.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• felt

Noun

felter n

1. indefinite plural of felt