feeld

Middle English

/feːld/

noun
Definitions
  • A field open and flat country or land
  • A field enclosed area filled with grass, especially around a settlement
  • The countryside; empty land that surrounds a settlement.
  • Wild land; land that has not been developed or worked.
  • The Earth's ground or surface; the visible layer of terrain across the Earth.
  • A location where combat or conflict takes place; a battlefield.
  • An army or regiment; a levy of fighting-men.
  • A heraldic field; the background of a shield.
  • (rare) The place where something takes place.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English feld (battlefield, open cultivated land, plain, field) inherited from Proto-Germanic *felþą (field, plain).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*felþą

Gloss

field, plain

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

野, 畑, 原

Emoji
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