furze · noun1
- Old English · inherited fromfȳr“fire”
- Old English · inherited fromfyres“furze”
- Old English · inherited fromfyrs“furze, gorse, bramble”
- Middle English · inherited fromfirse
- English todayfurze
From Middle English firse, furs, from Old English fyrs (“furze, gorse, bramble”), from Old English fyres (“furze”), related to Old English fȳr (“fire”); otherwise of unknown origin.
Furze · proper noun2
Variant of Furse.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfyrs all →
Furse
Old Englishfȳr all →
fire
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.