anvelt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• andefeld, anefeld, anevelte, anfeeld, anfelde, anvyll, anvyld, anvylt, unfelde

Etymology

Inherited from Old English anfilt, from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt, *anafaltī; some forms are apparently modified on the analogy of other words, such as feeld (“field”) or felde, past of fellen (“to fell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanfɛlt(ə)/, /ˈanvɛlt(ə)/, /-ilt(ə)/, /-ɛl(d)/, /-eːl(d)/, /-il(d)/

Noun

anvelt

1. anvil (iron block for shaping metal)

   Synonyms: stith, stithy

Descendants

• Early Modern English: anuelde, anuylde, anuyld
  • English: anvil

References

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