different between terms vs battel

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin batt?lia, variant of battu?lia (“military exercises”), from Latin battu? (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ed?- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

Alternative forms

• batail, battle

Noun

battel (plural battels)

1. Archaic spelling of battle.
2. (Britain, law, obsolete) A single combat.

   trial by battel; wager of battel

Etymology 2

Adjective

battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)

1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

   • a battel soil for grain, for pasture good

Verb

battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)

1. (transitive) To make fertile.
   • 1670, John Ray, Collection of English proverbs - Devonshire

     to battel barren land

2. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
3. (intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

Noun

battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)

1. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
2. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
3. (Britain, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

Further reading

• battel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• battle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet