furze
English
/fɜː(ɹ)z/
noun
Definitions
- A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English firse inherited from Old English fyrs (furze, bramble, gorse), fyres (furze), fȳr (fire).
Origin
Old English
fȳr
Gloss
fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
火
Emoji
☀️ 🌋 🌞 🐉 🐲 🔥 🕯️ 🚒 🧯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chat English
- furzechat English
- furzeling English
- furzen English
- furzy English
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- beacenfyr Old English
- bælfyr Old English
- fyren Old English
- fyres Old English
- fyrhus Old English
- fyrs Old English
- fyrtorr Old English
- fȳr Old English
- liegfyr Old English
- fier Middle English
- firse Middle English
- *fuir gmw-pro