strawbery
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Early ME) streowberie, streawberge, stræberie, streaberie, strauberi
- strobery, strebere, streberi, strebery, strawebery, strabery
Etymology[edit]
From Old English strēawberġe; equivalent to straw + berye.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
strawbery (plural strawberyes or streberyen)
- A strawberry (fruit from plant of the genus Fragaria).
- A strawberry (plant of the genus Fragaria).
Descendants[edit]
- English: strawberry
- Scots: strabery, strayberrie
References[edit]
- “strau-berī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.