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Old English
Etymology
Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea, though such a form is unknown in the Romance languages.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
piriġe f
- the pear tree[2]
Declension
Declension of piriġe (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
References
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Perry”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 1.
- ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “PIRIĠE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.