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· Old English
butere
3 English words descend from Old English
butere
, most common first.
butter
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
Butterworth
A surname from Old English.
Butterwick
A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).