Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fewte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fewte
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Signs left by game that is hunted, such as tracks or scent, the track itself.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"As wary as wolves through the wood stalking / to the marches rode there Mordred's hunters, / huge and hungry hounds beside them / the fewte followed fiercely baying."
"Madden likewise, in his Glossary to Gawayn, had explained “Wewter,” as denoting the huntsman who tracked the deer by the fewte or odour."
"Some hounds fell on the fewte left by the fox, Using their craft to cross and cross again."

Etymology

From Middle English feute, itself from Old French fuite (“the fleeing, flight”), as of what is left and seen from fleeing game.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: feute, fuite

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does fewte mean?: Signs left by game that is hunted, such as tracks or scent, the track itself.
Where does fewte come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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