出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/03/07 17:12 UTC 版)
Variant of eelfare, originally "brood of young eels", from 中期英語 *elfare, *elvare, from el (“eel”) + fare (“group of journeyers”). Equivalent to eel + fare.
Liberman instead connects the second element of this word to a putative 古期英語 suffix *-for(e), but there is no need to posit such a suffix when the traditional etymology suffices. Furthermore, such a suffix is not securely attested, and the spelling of the word's earliest attestation (as yele fare, ell vare) implies 中期英語 /aː/.
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